Hi Rogier, > I've noticed every time someone does an rsync-request on my ftp-site > (which also provides rsync as mirror method), rsyncd creates a filelist. > This is a quite IO and CPU intensive procedure, especially for things > mirrors like FreeBSD with lots of little files. > > I was wondering... is there a way to cache that filelist? Our mirrors > are updated once, or twice a day, it could speed up downloads when I > create a filelist everytime we've mirrored others.
Please take a look at the --files-from feature that is now in the CVS tree, courtesy of Wayne Davison. That should do what you want. It allows you to create a set list of files and save rsync the work of scanning the directory tree each time. Of course, rsync still creates a filelist, but it doesn't have to recurse over the directory tree, so it should be much faster. -Andy -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
