On Wed 04 Mar 2009, David de Lama wrote: > I tested what happens with a file which is saved at a FAT32 partition and > then this partition is converted to NTFS. > So first I transfered the file with rsync from the FAT32 partition to my > Linux /home folder. Then I converted the FAT32 partition to NTFS. > After the convertation I transfered the file again to see what has changed > (amount of data). > I was surprised!!!! Nothing has changed!!! rsync only transfered the > checksums.
Why are you surprised? Did you expect the underlying filesystem conversion to corrupt all the files? (Which would sort of defeat the purpose of in-place conversion of the filesystem...) 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
