3.4.1 rsync over SSH

• We can use rsync instead of SCP for copy files to PlanetLab nodes
• Using the -e flag

  % rsync -rvaz -e ssh --progress --delete ~/MySoftware sussex_ngn@planet1.cs.huji.ac.il:~/
  

• Using the environment variable
  • setenv RSYNC_SSH ssh
  • defined on every Xsession