The branch, b3.0.x has been updated
via 17549c9 Mention that sorting the --files-from input is helpful.
from 9d6fe1a Avoid reading ACL/xattr info on filetypes not being copied.
Make Linux avoid xattr access on symlinks. Make OS X avoid xattr access on
device/special files. Fixes bug 5458.
;a=shortlog;h=b3.0.x
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commit 17549c95de7952c76d05893beb6cba1ad4120814
Author: Wayne Davison <way...@samba.org>
Date: Mon Jan 3 19:49:05 2011 -0800
Mention that sorting the --files-from input is helpful.
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Summary of changes:
rsync.yo | 6 ++++++
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
Changeset truncated at 500 lines:
diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index a523f23..0bb9b58 100644
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -1491,6 +1491,12 @@ bf(--files-from) filenames are being sent from one host
to another, the
filenames will be translated from the sending host's charset to the
receiving host's charset.
+NOTE: sorting the list of files in the --files-from input helps rsync to be
+more efficient, as it will avoid re-visiting the path elements that are shared
+between adjacent entries. If the input is not sorted, some path elements
+(implied directories) may end up being scanned multiple times, and rsync will
+eventually unduplicate them after they get turned into file-list elements.
+
dit(bf(-0, --from0)) This tells rsync that the rules/filenames it reads from a
file are terminated by a null ('\0') character, not a NL, CR, or CR+LF.
This affects bf(--exclude-from), bf(--include-from), bf(--files-from), and any
--
The rsync repository.
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