Re: Q regarding large transfers.

2004-03-20 Thread Wayne Davison
On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 02:22:06PM +0100, Per Lanvin wrote: > I wonder, is there a way to measure how long this process takes > (adding one file to the file list)? You could time the initial file-scan section using a stop-watch (use the options "-v --progress" and it will tell you when it is done

Q regarding large transfers.

2004-03-17 Thread Per Lanvin
Hi, I read in the FAQ that rsync uses ~100 bytes/file of RAM when building the list. I wonder, is there a way to measure how long this process takes (adding one file to the file list)? I would like to synchronize terrabytes of data but I'm afraid the scanning process will take a _very_ long time