Atomically returns and removes the last element (tail) of the list stored at `source`, and pushes the element at the first element (head) of the list stored at `destination`. For example: consider `source` holding the list `a,b,c`, and `destination` holding the list `x,y,z`. Executing `RPOPLPUSH` results in `source` holding `a,b` and `destination` holding `c,x,y,z`. If `source` does not exist, the value `nil` is returned and no operation is performed. If `source` and `destination` are the same, the operation is equivalent to removing the last element from the list and pushing it as first element of the list, so it can be considered as a list rotation command. @return @bulk-string-reply: the element being popped and pushed. @examples ```cli RPUSH mylist "one" RPUSH mylist "two" RPUSH mylist "three" RPOPLPUSH mylist myotherlist LRANGE mylist 0 -1 LRANGE myotherlist 0 -1 ``` ## Pattern: Reliable queue Redis is often used as a messaging server to implement processing of background jobs or other kinds of messaging tasks. A simple form of queue is often obtained pushing values into a list in the producer side, and waiting for this values in the consumer side using `RPOP` (using polling), or `BRPOP` if the client is better served by a blocking operation. However in this context the obtained queue is not _reliable_ as messages can be lost, for example in the case there is a network problem or if the consumer crashes just after the message is received but it is still to process. `RPOPLPUSH` (or `BRPOPLPUSH` for the blocking variant) offers a way to avoid this problem: the consumer fetches the message and at the same time pushes it into a _processing_ list. It will use the `LREM` command in order to remove the message from the _processing_ list once the message has been processed. An additional client may monitor the _processing_ list for items that remain there for too much time, and will push those timed out items into the queue again if needed. ## Pattern: Circular list Using `RPOPLPUSH` with the same source and destination key, a client can visit all the elements of an N-elements list, one after the other, in O(N) without transferring the full list from the server to the client using a single `LRANGE` operation. The above pattern works even if the following two conditions: - There are multiple clients rotating the list: they'll fetch different elements, until all the elements of the list are visited, and the process restarts. - Even if other clients are actively pushing new items at the end of the list. The above makes it very simple to implement a system where a set of items must be processed by N workers continuously as fast as possible. An example is a monitoring system that must check that a set of web sites are reachable, with the smallest delay possible, using a number of parallel workers. Note that this implementation of workers is trivially scalable and reliable, because even if a message is lost the item is still in the queue and will be processed at the next iteration.