RE: [External] : Re: Dired C idea

[Drew Adams]

>   > All I asked was why replace the command bound to `C'.
> 
> Because that's the Dired command to copy files.
> I think of rsync as a better way of copying them.
> So I think that the default way to do the copying.
> 
> When you copy individual files in Dired, it tells you which
> have been copied.  That's different from rsync but it achieves
> the same purpose.
> 
> But in recursive copying of a directory, Dired does not
> help you avoid repeated copying when you restart.
> 
>            Why not add rsync copying and (if it deserves
>   > a binding) give it a different key from `C'?
> 
> I don't see a need to have a binding for cp.
> 
> I did not know about the command copy-directory, but making that
> use rsync seems like a good idea.
> 
> I recall that rsync has a bug in handling arguments that contain
> spaces.  We would need to get that fixed, in order for this change not
> to cause problems.
> 
>   > Are you also proposing to remove ordinary copying
>   > altogether?
> 
> I'm not sure what "altogether" means here, since there are
> several levels for how far we could go.
> 
> I see no need for Dired to have a key to do cp rather than rsync, when
> operating on ordinary local disks.
> 
> Someone said it might be better not to use rsync when the files are
> accessed through Tramp.  I don't know -- I don't use Tramp.
> But I agree we should DTRT about that case.

Thanks for making your position clear - clear answers.