On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 10:21:05 -0400 Ryan Kavanagh <r...@debian.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 03:33:06PM +0200, root wrote: > > * Package name : esu > > Description : It allows to copy files with different checksums > > on the fly. > > > > Basicly a replacement for cp with additional checksum on the fly > > support. It allows MD5, SHA1, SHA224, SHA265, SHA384, SHA512 > > algorithm to be used. > > How is this different from rsync? Quoting rsync(1): > > Rsync is a fast and extraordinarily versatile file copying > tool. It can copy locally, to/from another host over > any remote shell, or to/from a remote rsync daemon. > [...] > -c, --checksum skip based on checksum, > not mod-time & size It means "do not copy a file if its checksum on the receiver is the same as on the sender", that is, this option just modifies the way `rsync` detects whether a particular file should be updated on the receiver. The proposed tool combines (unconditional) copying with calculating a checksum over the copied content. At least that's how I read it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130820184122.7d07669ce7812ad02d814...@domain007.com
