-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 08/12/2010 11:17 AM, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi to all Debian users. > > I wish to know why rsync behaves in two different ways when working between > two > pcs connected by ethernet cable and, instead, when copying files from a pc to > a > pendrive. Here's the output in the former case: > > $ rsync -vrtul --delete Mail News 192.168.0.2:/home/rodolfo > [email protected]'s password: > building file list ... done > > sent 75797 bytes received 20 bytes 16848.22 bytes/sec > total size is 27753551 speedup is 366.06 > > > and in the second: > > > $ rsync -vrtul --delete Mail News /mnt/pendrive2 > building file list ... done > Mail/comp.emacs/ > Mail/comp.emacs/324 > Mail/comp.emacs/325 > Mail/comp.emacs/326 > Mail/comp.emacs/327 > Mail/comp.emacs/328 > Mail/comp.emacs/329 > Mail/comp.emacs/330 > Mail/comp.emacs/331 > Mail/comp.emacs/332 > Mail/comp.emacs/333 > Mail/comp.emacs/334 > Mail/comp.emacs/335 > Mail/comp.emacs/336 > > [...] > > News/drafts/drafts/21 > News/drafts/queue/ > News/marks/ > News/marks/freenews.netfront.net-ephemeral/ > News/marks/news.gmane.org-ephemeral/gmane.linux.debian.user/ > News/marks/news.gmane.org-ephemeral/gmane.linux.debian.user/.marks > News/marks/news.gmane.org/ > News/marks/news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user/ > News/marks/news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user/.marks > News/marks/news.gnus.org-ephemeral/ > News/marks/news.readfreenews.net-ephemeral/ > > sent 7616774 bytes received 30996 bytes 728359.05 bytes/sec > total size is 27753551 speedup is 3.63 > > > The second output contain about 1,500 lines!, and the first only 5! > > Can anybody explain why this difference, and how to make rsync behave with the > pendrive the same as with ethernet cable? > > Thanks for any help > Rodolfo > >
I am not sure the exact reason, but I am betting on something along the lines of the usb stick being formatted in a non-UNIX filesystem, such as vfat. I know this is often the case when preserving permissions, which you are not... So perhaps the time preservation? - -- Jordan Metzmeier -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMZBG9AAoJEKj/C3qNthmTmK4P/3DlhdTpYyCeWGvvMSrp0xWX hAZEL1YXvV1sDiUPck2oucdNbnTHXurB4j/LnkLRrwgu5s+tGxtrO7H822ILB1B2 ZkvjymC8IjShrQ9YwKbXfZg5GMSXvDqaP2Eu/rRw8m5HI/1zprBmDKCyviRjZ7Vr lSr7VmrqIOFqfoS8bYB41wblNzpzsDR9dpaVl3wZ0M67sIhsVBy6570VEJMm1rF4 cymrS57h8hwBt9zp3vZVk7gD1AqNz61CwdUDwuNfP7y/BADu6iyk4Ab8mo25BU62 TpKBjtnU9c74gsm4HWYaYSAdEl5OQxG7nCTHb2mMng1NT7iYpApRtR/JbkdAPcA2 rOb8RcJ/YmxC/XDd7A1xCtuCN9ZEP1nfP5zSCwVQi6WuW1dgbOqyRR3AksK28fCg 7H3ES8lMLju1BmS0AtK2ZndJm3TC5BWpL76fyNzXdo/lGh0d4Rpm+Nl9Xxx5lZY6 TEDRC95LOFBHlr9YHos/LepHbA5p5kp0PRM1vd3R2MclLt7PFQUp8Jb9Fjhsw0fU 5/XRiPkORQq0Npnj637iKFmWhqOoZ3u9WIlZuKsLjBO0FcnQZSRGA81b1YVgIgsd Paq03B1yzJ9vlFY94glFNdGY8bvb9hTbG3a5oZ2Og6AENFaY+uBCtiwJTf5d9OuL KjDllGD5SrUQXjixRhVQ =vu21 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

