Grsync

{{short description|Graphical user interface}}

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| license = GNU General Public License

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Grsync is a graphical user interface for rsync.{{Cite web |date=28 December 2009 |last=Vilsbeck |first=Christian |url=http://www.computerwoche.de/hardware/storage/1903753/index5.html |title=Die 13 wichtigsten Storage-Tools. Grsync – rsync-Backups komfortabel durchführen |website=Computerwoche |language=German}} rsync is a differential backup and file synchronization tool widely used in Unix-like operating systems.

Grsync is developed with the GTK widget toolkit. Like rsync, Grsync is free and open-source software licensed under the GNU General Public License.{{Cite web|title=Grsync|url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/grsync/|access-date=2020-06-21|website=SourceForge|language=en}}

About

Rsync is a tool for creating backups in Linux systems. It supports backing up local folders, SSH tunneling,{{Cite web|date=2009-07-20|title=Daten-Backup mit Grsync|url=https://www.freenet.de/digitalewelt/windowssoftware/datenbackup-mit-grsync_705146_4734250.html|access-date=2021-05-28|website=freenet.de Digital|language=de}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} delta-only synchronization, and so on.

Grsync adds the ability to use such purposes with a graphical user interface, without rsync's need to learn a complex set of command-line arguments. In some cases, it is easier to backup files with grsync than with rsync. Since version 1.3.0, Grsync has GTK-3 compatibility.

See also

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