I see in the manpage that if rsync is used to copy files locally, "it behaves like an improved copy command". I was hoping for more details on what that means.
Here's the specific situation I'm wondering about. I have some files that are stored in two different locations on the same server. I could rsync the files from the remote server twice, first to one location and then to the other. Or, I could rsync the files once to one location, and then copy them to the other location. (The first solution is simpler, but probably less efficient.) If I use rsync locally to copy the files from one location to another, and the files already exist in the second location, does rsync still compare the existing files to determine whether it needs to update the destination file, and does it still copy to a temporary file before replacing the destination file? thanks! Ronald -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html