Hi, rsync gzip file in not so good idea! Because of gzip algorithm, a small use change of the original file will cause a big change of the gzip file. That's mean rsync will copy the whole file after each change! , not what you really want ! To over come this you can use special version on gzip, it can be fund in the patch CSV directory or in http://svana.org/kleptog/rgzip.html
Regards, Milutin Voinivich http://www.NasBackup.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sameer Kamat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 9:21 PM Subject: Growing file > Hello, > What would be the expected behaviour of rsync, synchronizing a file > that is changing in size. > If I have a file ( say 100G ) that is being gzipped, and I start an rsync of > that file system to a remote > location, would rsync just send the data of that gzip file that exists on > disk at that point in time, > or would it keep looping seeing that the file is changing. > > Thanks, > Sameer > > > -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
