So...assuming that I am using Samba to rsync a share. And using "--archive --compress --times --delete --stat -e ssh" as my option, will the assumption by Andrew Liles is still true?
Wayne Davison wrote: > On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 11:19:25PM +0000, Andrew Liles wrote: > > Second: assume a file has an identical file size then rsync must > > examine the file to see if it is the same. It does, in essence, by > > doing a checksum on the file; > > This is not correct. The default "is unchanged" algorithm uses just the > size and the modify-time of the files, so it only needs to stat the > files. If you specify -c, rsync checksums _all_ the files. There are > also other options to modify how rsync decides a file is unchanged (e.g. > -I and --size-only), but these are specialty options that are not > typically used. > > ...wayne.. > -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
