See the threads beginning at http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/rsync/1998-December/000886.html http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/rsync/1999-January/000954.html http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/rsync/2000-January/001728.html
No, I don't think the rsync tool is right for your "rdiff" function. Somebody else has written another tool called "xdelta" http://sourceforge.net/projects/xdelta which uses the rsync algorithm and may do what you want. - Dave Dykstra On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 03:10:20PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Dave, > > Unfortunately I don't do much coding so I don't think I'm the "right" guy > for this job. I'd like to see the emails tho, MAYBE I can cook something > up. I was actually thinking about making the "report" even more sexy by > what I call the "rdiff" function. Rsync compares files now and might be > able to make pipes to diff? Of course binaries would not be eligible. > > What do you think? > > Regards, > > George... > > > > > > Dave Dykstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 03/08/2002 09:57:51 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: rsync with -ls option > > > A long time ago somebody volunteered to improve the --log-format and -n > options to work for those kind of situations but he never did them. So > we're waiting for a new volunteer. If somebody else is interested in doing > them I could dig up the old emails where we discussed some of the design. > > - Dave Dykstra > > On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 06:30:45AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > I'm trying to get a report from rsync using the -n option which will > > produce a report of files that are different in a ls -al kind of style so > > one could analyze what's different before possibly clobering a good file. > > > > Is this possibly in the works or does anyone have any ideas on how this > > might be done. It seems like a useful option to rsync to have. > > > > Regards, > > > > George... > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > > Before posting, read: > http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html