``The rsync Algorithm'' by A. Trigdell and P. Mackerras, Australian National University 1998. http://rsync.samba.org.

BibTeX entry:

@techreport{rsync,
   author = {A. Trigdell and P. Mackerras},
   title = {The rsync Algorithm},
   institution = {Australian National University},
   year = {1998},
   note = {\url{http://rsync.samba.org}}
}

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