> well, I would expect that only the differences in files would be > transferred.
> Files can be identical (i.e. no differences) but have different names, > can't they? Well, no... Not unless they're linked together as the same file. Otherwise, what you have is two files with two different names, that happen to have the same contents. They'll be linked together in the pool after analysis, but there's no way for rsync (or any of the other transfer protocols) to know that a file with a completely different name happens to have the same contents as any other file. > On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Michael Stowe > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > Hi all, >> > >> > has any one else noticed this behaviour? >> > WinXP client running rsyncd being backed up to a Backuppc server. >> > >> > Renaming a file on the client causes the file to be retransferred, >> even >> > though that file is already in the pool. >> > >> > Thx for comments, >> > Tom. >> >> Errr... What did you expect? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
