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Why does't rsync use delta-transfer for local files?
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Mar 15, 202637590 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have a big iso image which is currently being downloaded by a torrent client with space-reservation turned on: that means, file size is not changing while some chunks in in (4 Mib) are constantly changing because of a download. At 90% download I do the initial rsync to save time later: Then, when…
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total size is 2.60G speedup is 1.00
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According to the manpage, psusi is right: -W, --whole-file: The transfer may be faster if this option is used when the bandwidth between the source and destination machines is higher than the bandwidth to disk (especially when the "disk" is actually…
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