dan wrote:
> rsync only determines if a file has been changed or not, then either
> transfers the whole file or doesnt.
Actually, rsync does block checksums and will only transfer those
blocks of a file that have changed. See
http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/tech_report/node2.html
"only the pieces of A that are not found in B (plus a small
amount of data for checksums and block indexes) are sent over
the link"
Danny.
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