Thanks a lot. Will "--backup --inplace" do the same trick? On Thu, 7 Feb 2008, Matt McCutchen wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 20:16 -0600, chuang liu wrote: > > I need periodically rsync a bunch of very big files. These files > > are append-only so changes are already at the end of the file. > > > > Because files are big, I assume it will take some time comparing the first > > part of files. Is there a way that I can tell rsync to sync only the extra > > part at the end of file, and do not compare the first part of files? > > The --append option of the current development rsync works the way you > want. (The option that compares the first parts has been renamed to > --append-verify .) > > Matt > > > -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
