rsync is a clever algorithm for synchronizing files in a way that is bandwidth efficient.  It was invented by [Andrew Tridgell] and [Paul Mackeras]. It is described here:

http://rsync.samba.org/tech_report/

''rsync'' is also a program that implements the algorithm.

NasBackup [http://www.nasbackup.com/] is an Open Source Tcl/Tk application that provides a GUI layer on top of rsync.

[CMcC] notes that rsync can be used to backup a frequently changing database, for example by:

   rsync rsync://wiki.tcl.tk/wiki/wikit.tkd .

One would have to repeat the rsync until no changes were sent, though.  Is there some return value from rsync that tells you how much work it had to do?

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