Re: --compare-dest usage (was Re: [expert] 8.0 Final)

2001-04-24 Thread Randy Kramer
Dave, Thanks for the clarification, now that part is clear also! Randy Kramer Dave Dykstra wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 06:57:14PM -0400, David Bolen wrote: > [very good reply to Randy Kramer deleted] > > > > Aside: I think, based on your previous response, that if I did a > > > multifi

Re: --compare-dest usage (was Re: [expert] 8.0 Final)

2001-04-24 Thread Dave Dykstra
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 06:57:14PM -0400, David Bolen wrote: [very good reply to Randy Kramer deleted] > > Aside: I think, based on your previous response, that if I did a > > multifile rsync (say 60 files), and rsync was interrupted after 20 > > of the files were rsync'd, the --compare-dest opti

Re: --compare-dest usage (was Re: [expert] 8.0 Final)

2001-04-23 Thread Randy Kramer
David, Thanks for the response -- now I understand! I like the idea of the --partial-pad option, but I'm very new to Linux, haven't compiled anything, and I don't think I could make good use of a patch. Someday, maybe. (I think the --partial-pad would be a useful option to people trying to r

RE: --compare-dest usage (was Re: [expert] 8.0 Final)

2001-04-23 Thread David Bolen
Randy Kramer [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] writes: > I'm still uncertain about what happens if a single file rsync is > interrupted partway through (and I've specified the --partial > option) -- will rsync take advantage of the old copy of the file in > --compare-dest and the partially rsync'd file (now tr

Re: --compare-dest usage (was Re: [expert] 8.0 Final)

2001-04-23 Thread Randy Kramer
Dave, Thanks very much for the reply! I'm still uncertain about what happens if a single file rsync is interrupted partway through (and I've specified the --partial option) -- will rsync take advantage of the old copy of the file in --compare-dest and the partially rsync'd file (now truncated)

--compare-dest usage (was Re: [expert] 8.0 Final)

2001-04-23 Thread Dave Dykstra
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 08:53:23AM -0400, Randy Kramer wrote: ... > rsync -a -vv --progress --partial [--compare-dest=] \ > carroll.cac.psu.edu::mandrake-iso/mandrakefreq-i586-20010316.iso \ > mandrakefreq-i586-20010316.iso ... > In reading about the --compare-dest option, it sounded like I could