no. it creates the temporary file, then deletes the old file and renames the temp file to the correct filename. Unless samba won't let you rename a file, (I know windows moves within a filesystem are copy/deletes, at least with cygwin on windows 2000), there's no actual waste there. I'd expect rsync to work pretty well with samba, considering its ancestry.
If the samba share is a bottleneck, I'd bet you'd get a big boost by using the --whole-file option... it kind of depends on the nature of your data, the filesystem, and the link between the systems. Tim Conway Unix System Administration Contractor - IBM Global Services desk:3032734776 [EMAIL PROTECTED] I did the following command: rsync -a --delete cpbackup /mnt/backup/ It works well, but the problem is that it seens the "temporary files" (ie: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 83623936 Apr 19 2004 .name.tar.gz.yGk7m7* ) are being created on /mnt/backup/ Since it's a SAMBA mounted partition, it waste BW and is slower. Is there a way to specify where I want the temp files to be created? -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
