On Tue 27 Jan 2009, David de Lama wrote: > > So, I know that with the -z Option rsync compresses the files with gzip, than > the files are transfared and at the target machine uncompressed.
No, the data over the wire is compressed with the -z option; not the file. > I made a test and transfered a 1GB file. I changed the timestamp with the > touch command and rsync needs with the -c Option 42sec and without 80sec! > I expected it viceversa! How can it be?! (I made the test several times) > I also changed the user rights with chmod. Here the result were what I > expected! Rsync needed 45sec with the -c Option, and 2sec without! Did you flush your disk cache between each try? At both ends? Paul -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
