On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 09:51:42PM +0100, Gareth wrote: > I notice that appends to text files results in the whole file being > transferred (as recorded by 'Total bytes written') rather than just > the 9 characters I append to the file.
I assume you're doing a local-only transfer, which defaults to --whole-file (which is more efficient on the disks than trying to figure out what the differences would be). If you want to force the rsync algorithm to be used, specify --no-whole-file. ..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
