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:On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 14:26:46 -0700 (PDT)
:Matt Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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:MD>     There is a whole lot more to doing an efficient copy then simply checking
:MD>     the mtime.  It's silly to try to integrate it into 'cp'.  Use cpdup
:MD>     instead.  plug plug plug.
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:       OK plug away - why is cpdup better than rsync ?

    Hardlinks aren't well supported, chflags aren't supported at all,
    and rsync does not scale well for large filesystems.  At least that
    is my experience.  Don't get me wrong, rsync is a cool little program...
    but it isn't very efficient.

                                                -Matt


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