https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13423
--- Comment #3 from Kevin Korb <rs...@sanitarium.net> --- >From man rsync --append: > If a file needs to be transferred and its size on the receiver is the same or > longer than the size on the sender, the file is skipped. --append-verify does the verify AFTER an append happens so if --append won't copy the file neither will --append-verify. Since --append essentially means only care if the source file is bigger the file is ignored. The combination is why I said you probably don't want either option and especially not both options. With both, all files on both ends are checksummed first (even files that are only on one side!) Then files that are bigger on the source are appended to. Then the files are verified. Then if the verification fails rsync throws a warning and redoes the whole file --inplace style. Normally I recommend against --checksum but I have no Mac experience and I don't really know how your disk image files work. In many cases it is actually faster to use --ignore-times (delta-xfer everything regardless of timestamp) and maybe --inplace instead of --checksum. Usually --checksum is used when you can't afford to write out a new file because of limited/slow writes or because you are retaining the old version and don't want a new version unless it is actually new. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the QA Contact for the bug. -- 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