Amos Shapira wrote: > On 20/03/07, *Ez-Aton* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[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, Well, that's a really simplified explanation, but so be it :-) > nothing to do with textual diff. That, at least, is accurate. > (imagine - all the major mirror sites use rsync to get updates from > the main sites - these are virtually never text files). And rarely enjoy the benefits from rsync either, but, again, so be it :-) > --Amos Shachar
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