It would still be downloading the whole file only to write out a new one. Rsync writes out a whole new file because it assumes it is doing so locally. The source of that new file can be a combination of parts of the existing file and parts of the remote file but it still writes the whole thing. --inplace helps with that somewhat but you will probably still write all of the file after the first difference.
On 03/14/2018 10:12 AM, Remi Gauvin via rsync wrote: > On 2018-03-14 10:07 AM, Kevin Korb via rsync wrote: >> --no-whole-file would only make it even worse. It would have to read >> the remote file over the network in order to do the diff then it would >> write the whole file over the network anyway (--inplace would help a >> little). Local copies force --whole-file for a good reason. >> >> > > The one possible exception is if the cifs share is mounted over an > asymmetrical Internet connection.. (ie, the download speed is 10X faster > than the upload.) > > > -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._., Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,
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