wat is the differnces between scp and rsync in linux?

Answer Posted / srinivas antarvedi

scp- copying files using ssh(secure copy) of the selected files from the source host to destination host and when finished closes the scp application

rsync- you need to setup the key authentication between the
servers that do the synchronization (to destinatio system to have the source public key in destination host's authorized_keys) and copies the files from source to destination whenever there is a change(addition/deletion) in the sounce directory .. can be pull/push/both

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