On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 03:41:36PM -0800, Jos Backus wrote: > On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 11:05:15AM -0600, Dave Dykstra wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 04:37:53PM +1100, Martin Pool wrote: > > > On 17 Jan 2002, Jos Backus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When you get a chance, could you please look at writing some more > > > documentation about batch mode? It would also be good to try to split > > > out the code a little more. All the if(read_batch) conditionals look > > > highly breakable. > > Yes, I'll look at doing some documentation. What about a paragraph titled > ``About batch mode'' with a little explanation how it works, how it differs > from normal rsync operation and a small example?
Sounds like a good idea. Of course, refer to the section under the entries for --write-batch and --read-batch. ... > > Interesting tidbit: it apparently works with -W, because I noticed that > > when I make a small change to a large file the rsync_delta* file is large > > if my original destination is on the same machine as the source (because in > > that case -W is implied) but if my original destination is on a remote > > machine the rsync_delta* file is small, and both cases produce the correct > > result. Maybe -W should never be implied when --write-batch is on. > > Meaning that with --write-batch you'd always get the small delta file (-W > turned off)? Yes. - Dave
