Re: [DNG] rsync variant

2018-08-27 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Hi, Hendrik Boom writes: > On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 06:05:39PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: >> Hendrik Boom writes: >> >> > On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 12:39:11PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: >> >> Is there a reason not to use `rsync -n` ? >> > >> > Ahhh... That's what -n is for. I missed it looking

Re: [DNG] rsync variant

2018-08-26 Thread terryc
On Sun, 26 Aug 2018 08:39:29 -0400 Hendrik Boom wrote: > > And if you want to see the differences, you may be interested in > > rdiff. Haven't used it myself but sound (and looks) like it fits > > your bill. > > That's just what I thought... but the man page I have for rdiff says > nothing

Re: [DNG] rsync variant

2018-08-26 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 06:05:39PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > Hendrik Boom writes: > > > On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 12:39:11PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > >> Is there a reason not to use `rsync -n` ? > > > > Ahhh... That's what -n is for. I missed it looking through the man page. > > And if you

Re: [DNG] rsync variant

2018-08-26 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Hendrik Boom writes: > On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 12:39:11PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: >> Is there a reason not to use `rsync -n` ? > > Ahhh... That's what -n is for. I missed it looking through the man page. And if you want to see the differences, you may be interested in rdiff. Haven't used it

Re: [DNG] rsync variant

2018-08-25 Thread Bruce Ferrell
I do a lot of rsync stuff on some rpm based systems (Opensuse and Scientific Linux, I have NO idea if that has any actual bearing ) but I find I have to "force" flush the caches after BIG rsync operations (multi terabytes syncs) because memory use skyrockets and "sticks" at the top. On

Re: [DNG] rsync variant

2018-08-25 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 09:20:13AM +1000, Ralph Ronnquist wrote: > You might also consider using sshfs, then "diff -r", if you want to detail > the differences. That takes too much network bandwidth. Otherwise just fine. -- hendrik ___ Dng mailing

Re: [DNG] rsync variant

2018-08-25 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 12:39:11PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > Is there a reason not to use `rsync -n` ? Ahhh... That's what -n is for. I missed it looking through the man page. -- hendrik ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

Re: [DNG] rsync variant

2018-08-25 Thread Ralph Ronnquist
You might also consider using sshfs, then "diff -r", if you want to detail the differences. Ralph. Joel Roth wrote on 26/08/18 08:39: Is there a reason not to use `rsync -n` ? Hendrik Boom wrote: Is there something like rsync that compares a local and a remote file tree and reports

Re: [DNG] rsync variant

2018-08-25 Thread Joel Roth
Is there a reason not to use `rsync -n` ? Hendrik Boom wrote: > Is there something like rsync that compares a local and a remote file > tree and reports differences without coying or transmitting all the files? > > I remember once being told that md5sum had an option to recurse through > a

[DNG] rsync variant

2018-08-25 Thread Hendrik Boom
Is there something like rsync that compares a local and a remote file tree and reports differences without coying or transmitting all the files? I remember once being told that md5sum had an option to recurse through a directory tree, summing every file. But I can't find such an option in