On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 20:42, will trillich wrote: > apparently it does a remote diff somehow and then sends only the > parts that need changing? i can't imagine that it's possible to > compare two 1mb text files for differences without at least > sending one across the wires -- yet the manpage certainly has me > thinking that's what they claim it does. hmm?
Briefly - sending checksums. Check out http://olstrans.sourceforge.net/release/OLS2000-rsync/OLS2000-rsync.html it describes the algorithm in a fair amount of detail, and is quite entertaining too - and has tips for alternative uses for rsync. I'm only half way through it so far ... Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
