On 20/03/07, Ez-Aton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
However, how does rsync handle binary changed files? Can it copy only the binary diff, or must it copy the entire file all over?
rsync works by comparing md5 hashes of individual file blocks and copying the blocks which have different hash values, nothing to do with textual diff. (imagine - all the major mirror sites use rsync to get updates from the main sites - these are virtually never text files). --Amos
