I've done quite a bit of looking, but I haven't found an answer that answers this question.
Environment: cygwin on Windows rsync 3.0.4 I know that rsync isn't optimzed for speed on local copies - that's clear in my testing. I'm attemting to sync a large volume of files. (In this case, I'm syncing a rdiff-backup set...) An initial sync will be about one fourth as fast a a cp of the same files. "Ok, that's not a huge deal. Subsequent syncs should be a lot faster" I though. No. Using a native windows sync tool, a sync of the source to the destination takes perhaps 5 minutes. (~24G, 80K files) However using rsync takes a very long time. (I've never let it finish, but it's still running an hour later or more...) Here's how I run it: rsync --recursive --delete --verbose --stats --perms --super /cygdrive/e/somedir/ /cygdrive/f/somedir/ Thoughts? I'm mainly using rsync 'cause I know it, and use it. If there's some alternative I'd be glad for a pointer. I don't know of any other good sync tools like rsync. (Unison I guess...though I only need one way sync.) [Whole file copy is fine if needed, though some of the files are large 1 GB+ and a delta copy would speed these up...] TIA! -Greg -- 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
