On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 12:22 +0200, Jan Alphenaar wrote: > Apparently there is a difference in pushing and pulling files with rsync. > When I push my files to the server with this command, I see one rsync > process on my WinXP machine, just as expected
> But when I pull my files from the server to my WinXP machine with this > command, I see two rsync processes on my WinXP machine. > Can anybody confirm that this is the default behavior ? If yes, what would > be the reason for spawning an extra child rsync process ? Yes, this is the expected behavior. For each job, rsync uses one process on the sending side (the "sender") and two on the receiving side (the "generator" and the "receiver"); see http://rsync.samba.org/how-rsync-works.html . As a special case, a local copy uses three processes all on the local machine. A listening daemon has a master process accepting new connections in addition to the process(es) servicing existing connections, while a single-use daemon has no master process. -- Matt -- 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
