Hi, I did take a look from sources and noticed the basic java File API, I think there might be some optimization (like getting rid of unnecessary vector creation). Also caching src folder contents (is maybe storing contenst to outputstream directly and reading from there) might improve it? This of course is if you sync SAME directories.. Or maybe somebody has an even better idea?
I'm stuck with windows platform (due to sdk that I'm using).. But i'll think I give rsync a try (even though used linux for years this is something that I haven't worked with before). It might even work better on my case (client / server model..). Only side effect it that i'll need another prorgram and more setup to make this system rock (not so easy to transfer to another machine, that would have been the best part with using build in ant tasks). But thanks! -- -Antti- 2008/1/24, Dominique Devienne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Jan 24, 2008 3:53 AM, Antti Luoma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am using ant 1.7.0 <sync> task to sync 2 very large directories. It > > currently takes too much time to do this (to be usable). > > Sorry Antti, but there's no free lunch. Either you want to sync, in > which case you need to scan both the source and the destination > folders, or you don't. The whole point of sync is that things can > change in either folders, so you must scan them to know what. > > <sync> uses a simple minded algo, using existing Java File APIs, which > aren't that fast, especially with remote file systems. I don't see how > to speed it up without compromising the goal of syncing things. > > rsync OTOH is a much smarter approach, but relies on a client-server > approach where both the source and destination must be rsync-enabled > to be really fast (AFAIK), and not very win32-friendly (I could not > make it work with UNC paths for examples). > > 15 hours is a long time. That must be one mighty big folder... --DD > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
