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submitted 3 days ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/linux@programming.dev

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Still using these obsolete Linux commands? They might be popular from the olden days but perhaps it is time to look for alternatives.

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[-] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 33 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

scp the command isn't deprecated, but the SCP protocol is. The command internally uses the SFTP protocol (with OpenSSH 9+)

[-] dangling_cat@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 days ago

rsync is one of the most beautiful pieces of software ever created.

[-] PokerChips@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

I always thought that scp was more secure than rsync. I remember back in the day when I "graduated" to scp from rsync. So in reality, did I regress?

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