On Fri, 14 May 2004, Wayne Davison wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 11:41:02AM -0400, John Taylor wrote: > > I am considering a patch that would exclude compressing a given list > > of file extensions when the -z option is used. > > Well, since the daemon code has this, it makes sense to at least > consider adding this to the normal remote-shell code. I'm not sure how > much this option speeds things up -- have you done any measuring?
An addition to this might be to reference /etc/mime-magic rather than rely on a list to determine known formats that don't compress efficiently with -z. -Chuck -- http://www.quantumlinux.com Quantum Linux Laboratories, LLC. ACCELERATING Business with Open Technology "The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit." - FDR -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
