On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 05:55, va_public wrote: > I got used to rsync's -v --progress option so much that I used it > instead of rcp even to simply copy files across the network. I dont > like software that doesnt talk to me! :-) I like the percentage bar > that --progress gives! > > To my surprise, I found that, when dealing with 1GB+ files, rsync is > 4-5 _times_ slower than rcp.
RSYNC DOES NOT WORK WITH 1GB+ FILES... unless you have a sufficiently large block size. See the following; http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg05219.html This probably needs to be documented somewhere newbie's can find it. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ABO: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more info, including pgp key ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
