2009/8/26 <[email protected]>

> Really?  My understanding of rsync & rdiff-backup was:  They will scan the
> source directory for changed files, and only copy the files that have
> changed.  My understanding was:  If a file has changed, the whole file
> will be sent (and not just the changed sections within the changed file.)


You must have looked very deeply into rsync & co. From man rsync:

*It is famous  for  its delta-transfer  algorithm,  which  reduces the
amount of data sent over the network by sending only the differences
between  the  source  files and  the  existing  files in the destination.*

G.
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