Hi (Wayne? Not sure who did --fuzzy), Like many people, I use rsync with hard linking to keep multiple backups of my data in a relatively small space on the server.
I like the idea behind --fuzzy, but it seems that in most cases, this option doesn't help me much. Instead, I think would be nice to add a flag e.g. --detect-moved-dirs, which would compare the file listing for each side, and look for whole directory trees that seem to be moved since last rsync. It would determine that a directory was moved when it saw that at least, say, 95% of this files (by name, or by name and size both) that exist in directory X on the destination side are now in directory Y on the source side -- and directory X does not exist on the source, and Y does not exist on the destination. This would save tremendous amounts of bandwidth, when, for example, I move a whole bunch of mp3s from one directory to another. Even if I move a couple mp3s around within my whole mp3 directory tree, a large percentage of the files and sizes will probably be in the same place relative to the root of the moved tree, and have the same name/size as on the old copy. Does this make sense? I hope so. It's probably not trivial to implement, but it would be very cool nonetheless. Thanks for listening, Moshe -- Moshe Jacobson -- http://runslinux.net -- AIM: Jehsom | This message is strictly confidential; it should be shown to nobody | | except the listed addressee(s). If you've received this message in | | error, please promptly delete it and notify the sender. | -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
