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rsync is a very useful command-line tool for copying files between folders or even between servers. Although rsync is not installed by default on WestHost Site Manager accounts, you can easily download, build, and install it from source code by running the following one-line command via SSH.

gcc -v && echo -e '\n\nYou are about to install rsync-3.0.9.tar.gz on your account.\nThe installation will complete in approximately 1 minute.\n' && date +'=== Installation Started at %r ===' && echo '