[Nottingham] Just how smart is rsync?

Martin martin at ml1.co.uk
Thu May 26 16:32:13 UTC 2011


On 26 May 2011 17:17, Jason Irwin <jasonirwin73 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>If the gzip file was made with --rsyncable it might help. It adds a
>>small overhead. Could you re-zip the source?
> Not really, we're a Windows shop and Win7 compression is getting used.

Oh dear... What? No LiveCD or memory stick to hand? No cygwin even?


> I am running the transfer now...see what happens.

Let us know what happens!


Good luck,
Martin



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