My guess would be that it began to be used after it was written - long after the internet was "invented". If you look at the original tech report, it was (I'll hazard a guess) after November 1998.
Just FYI, not all the good software was there from day one. That's why people like Andrew are so handy. :-) Cheers, -Pete ----- Peter L. Wargo | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.basenji.com/pwargo "There ought to be limits to freedom" - George W. Bush On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, raghu wrote: > Dear Folks, > > Is there a documented case of earliest use of rsync over internet? I > presume rsync was used almost as soon as internet was invented as a file > transfer and bandwidth efficient backup solution. If anyone has any > information, please respond. > > -- > Raghu Kulkarni > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html