"Mike" == Mike Dresser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Mike> On 18 Dec 2002, Shyamal Prasad wrote:
>> "Mike" == Mike Dresser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
Mike> But since there's no rsync server being used in this case,
Mike> it has to read the entire file anyways.
>> You don't need a server for the incremental updates to
>> happen. rsync on the client side invokes rsync on the remote
>> side and does an incremental backup anyway. That is why you
>> need rsh/ssh or something before you can rsync without the
>> server. At least on a *nix box. Perhaps wintel changes
>> that.......
>>
>> /Shyamal
Mike> In this case, he's got a mount to the remote machine.
Mike> He's doing the same thing as doing a rsync a b locally
Mike> It's going to have to generate c'sums for a, and for b to
Mike> know what is different, no?
In that case, yes, the rsync would just read all the files off the
mount anyway. I wasn't nearly paying enough attention ;-)
Cheers!
Shyamal
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