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(GNU) cp -au is exactly equal to rsync -au. It won't copy files that
are already up to date. It just doesn't have an equivalence to
- --delete. Therefore, when doing local copies it is often faster to do
a cp -au followed by an rsync --delete so tha
In message <560ce706@sanitarium.net>,
Kevin Korb wrote:
>Yes, when it comes to local copies cp is significantly faster than
>rsync. Without --link-dest there isn't much advantage to using rsync
>for backups. The only thing you get beyond cp -au is --delete.
I just now remembered the (for
In message <560cca51.5cwvptqce1nflu+u%per...@pluto.rain.com>,
per...@pluto.rain.com (Perry Hutchison) wrote:
>Just because rsync is an awesome hammer, it does not necessarily follow
>that every problem involving backups closely resembles a nail :)
An excellent and very apropos point.
>Since yo
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Yes, when it comes to local copies cp is significantly faster than
rsync. Without --link-dest there isn't much advantage to using rsync
for backups. The only thing you get beyond cp -au is --delete.
Also, when it comes to static data like media file
