On 27-Mar-09, at 1:13 AM, Fabian Cenedese wrote:
The delta algorithm is only used if you access a remote server
(e.g. with server::dest/path). For local syncs it is usually faster
to just copy the whole file than to reconstruct it from the old
file plus differences. There are switches to ease this behaviour
a bit (like change dest in-file instead of copying it, append at
the end) but unless you know what you're doing you should keep
the defaultbehavior.
Hmmm i never realized that before. Probably because i pretty much
never use it for local. I only was to ensure my folder structure was
going to be proper for my remote server.
Now obviously, the delta algorithm would then be used in a command like:
rsync -av -e ssh /my/folder [email protected]:/my/backup/
I noticed in your command example that you had "::" - what does that
signify? Is it any different that my single ":"?
Thank you in advance.
D
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