On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 07:27:20PM -0500, Joseph Annino wrote: > The big problem is when diffs are usually done, you need to compare every > bite in both files to find the deltas. So in a network situation you > wouldn't save any effort because everything would have to go across the > network anyhow, so why not just copy the file?
?? That's exactly what rsync is designed to do. The rsync client does checksums on it's copy of the file, and the rsync server does checksums on it's copy - and then they use the network to send the checksums to each other. Until that happens, all I/O is local... BTW: if this is an Exchange server being talked about, NEVER, EVER, TOUCH AN EXCHANGE DATABASE WHEN IT'S RUNNING. You *will* crash it. I know: I did :-) [Apparently it's a feature...] -- Cheers Jason Haar Information Security Manager Trimble Navigation Ltd. Phone: +64 3 9635 377 Fax: +64 3 9635 417 -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
