Re: How to improve speed of a single file transfer over an unstable link?

2006-12-29 Thread Scott C. Kennedy
Thank you for the idea, I just checked and The cygwin version of rsync on my parent's machine is 2.6.6 and '--append' is a 2.6.7 feature! :( So, until cygwin updates, I came up with this idea 1)'split' the file into 100 MB chunks on both ends. 2) rsync the two directories, thus the file

Re: How to improve speed of a single file transfer over an unstable link?

2006-12-29 Thread Paul Slootman
On Fri 29 Dec 2006, Scott C. Kennedy wrote: > > Thus, I've scripted the following script 'get_me.sh' > >#!/bin/sh >mv .file.bkf.* ./file.bkf >rsync --timeout 90 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/dir/file.bkf ./file.bkf >./getme.sh > > So, the script moves the temp file created by rsync onto the

How to improve speed of a single file transfer over an unstable link?

2006-12-29 Thread Scott C. Kennedy
Long time fan and user of rsync, with a question. First some background... What I'm trying to do is copy a 21GB backup file from my parent's house to my home to help them with their new computer. But the link is sporadic, thus a continous copy will not succeed. The session dies after 25mins - 2 ho