RE: [External] : Re: Dired C idea

[Drew Adams]

> Yes, nothing can beat cp; rsync is always slower (and uses more memory)
> compared to cp because it does more than just copying files.  It is faster
> only when copying files from/to a remote host when some files already
> exist on both sides (which is its original purpose).
> 
> But rsync is also much more powerful tool compared to cp, even when it is
> used locally: as Richard said it can resume an aborted/partial copy, it
> can synchronize two directories, it has options to include or exclude file
> patterns, it has a progress indicator, and so forth.  So as the manpage
> says, it is an "improved copy command".

As an ignoramus in this area, this reaffirms my guess
that we should offer both, and `C' in Dired should be
kept for ordinary copy, with possibly a new Dired key
being given to rsync.