[BackupPC-users] Why ping before backup?

[Kenneth Porter]

Why does BackupPC ping the host to be backed up before starting its backup. 
(I'm using rsyncd.) I'm thinking of replacing the ping command with "rsync 
$host::". Is there any downside to that?


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