What are the differences between "rsync" and "scp"

Are they the same concept?

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Originally Posted by meili100

Are they the same concept?

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rsync is dedicated to synchronizing filebases between systems. scp is dedicated to transferring files securely between systems. They are not entirely unrelated, but definitely not the same concept.

Often, people will run rsync on top of SSH to get secure synchronization.