Nick Holland <n...@holland-consulting.net> writes:
> I'm a big fan of rsync, and was really excited by openrsync being > built into OpenBSD, but so far, it hasn't done the jobs I need it > to do :-/ > > A few things that cause me trouble are the lack of a -H (preserve > hard links -- I bet that's ugly to code), -W (disable the > delta-transfer "feature". Yes, I know it was The Reason for rsync, > but in my experience, it takes longer to do the delta transfers > than to just send the whole bloomin' file for the vast majority > of my usage. And I don't mean 5% longer -- I'm talking 400% > longer sometimes. And maybe worse...unpredictable), and I'm a > big fan and user of --link-dest. > > But ... if it does what you want, absolutely, give it a spin. > If it doesn't...either install the package or grab the source code > to openrsync, add what you need and submit it. :) > > > I think there was some talk about ultimately naming it rsync, but > unless it is 100% feature compatible (and I'm not sure I'd consider > that a good thing), that will cause confusion in my world. > > Nick. Thank you for taking the time to respond! So far, openrsysnc has indeed covered my requirements since they are rather simple. But it's good to know that the common rsync package exists in the ports, just in case. Your observation on -W is quite interesting; I'm going to explore that option further. -- Abhishek Chakravarti abhis...@taranjali.org | Kolkata, IN fifthestate.co.in | refpersys.org | taranjali.org
