Hi there So all I need to do is set it up and see what will happen. Thanks for your kindness help.
Damian ----- Original Message ----- From: "jw schultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "damian lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:34 AM Subject: Re: compare questions > On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 10:23:10AM +0800, damian lee wrote: > > sorry to bother you again!! > > > > I still didn`t get it. > > Maybe I didn`t make my self clear. > > I have a old_FTP server and the data is about 4G. > > I also have a copy for those datas. > > Now I have to make a mirror site for the old_FTP site with the copy. > > So My plan is to build a new FTP server and put the copy in it. > > But the file time of those data is diferent from the old_FTP server. > > Why? Almost any file copy utility can preserve mod_times. > > > If I use rsync as the mirror solution. > > How I do to skip the first_time_transfer. > > You can't skip that if you are ever to use mod_time. > > > I don`t want the 4 Gigabytes of data transfer over internet. > > Can I use the touch commend to adjust the file_modify_time, > > to make both of old_FTP_files and the copy_FTP_files become identical, > > to skip the first_time_transfer. > > > > And I am really sorry to bother you again. > > Thanks in advanced. > > Normally i'd say don't fret it. If the data is the same > rsync will only use a little under 1% of the file size > transmitting blocksums to update unchanged files. For 4GB > that would amount to about 40MB so it may be worth > transmitting the mod_times and touching the files. > Even better would be to copy the data in a way that > preserves mod_time. > > > > > Damian > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Wayne Davison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "damian lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 1:21 PM > > Subject: Re: compare questions > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 09:59:38AM +0800, damian lee wrote: > > > > And does It means I can copy the files from the old server, > > > > and use the touch commend to set the modify time. > > > > > > No! That would _change_ the modify time. Simply copy them with the > > > time preserved. Rsync can do that for you. > > -- > ________________________________________________________________ > J.W. Schultz Pegasystems Technologies > email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Remember Cernan and Schmitt > -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
