On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 23:45:42 -0400, Kevin Korb wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > So, I am assuming that without --itemize-changes you couldn't tell the > difference between "I am transferring a file" and "I am fixing the > timestamp on a file". > > Even if I am right, you are probably still mis-using --checksum. When > you use --checksum you force a checksumming of absolutely everything on > both ends before anything else happens. Without --checksum a file with > a wrong timestamp will be delta-xferred. A delta-xfer is at worst the > same as a both side checksum. If you let it delta-xfer files with wrong > timestamps that is much faster than --checksum since - --checksum wastes > time checksumming files that can't possibly have a checksum match.
Yes, with `--checksum' is a time-consuming thing ;-( > > Simply put, if you use --checksum without one of --itemize-changes, > - --link-dest, or --write-batch you are doing something horribly wrong. So, I think that use the `-niv' combinations and then do the extract as follows: awk '/^>f/' Should enuogh for most cases to check the stuff which are need to be updated. Regards -- .: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :. -- 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