That is it. The destination file is unaffected until rsync completes its replacement, then the directory entry is repointed at the new file and the reference to the old inode freed.
Tim Conway Unix System Administration Contractor - IBM Global Services desk:3032734776 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi: I really want to know how rsync works. Once it synchronize a file. Does rscync first create a temporary in the remote machine first and then rename it? Or it direct write the difference into the dest-file? Could you please tell me what will happen to the dest-file when a rsync process interrupted by some problems(network problem etc ...)? -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
