On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 20:54 +0100, Cezary Sliwa wrote: > Is it true that when --partial is specified and a partial download is > present, the contents of the file itself are not used to speed up the > download? i.e. only the content of the file in the partial dir is used when > the download is resumed and the rest is simply downloaded?
Yes, that is true. Do note that the receiver only leaves a partial file if it has gotten at least some literal data (search for "cleanup_got_literal"), but depending on the amount of literal vs. not-yet-matched data, the destination file may still be a better basis. It would be possible to enhance rsync to use *both* the destination file and the partial file as bases; the generator could do this transparently to the sender by treating the destination file and partial file as one long file. Matt -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
