On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> From: Anthony Rumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > You don't have to .. just create a hard link .. rsync will break the link
> > > if the transfer completes.
> >
> > Umm.. Hang on.. no.. it would modify the same file.. and thus.. truncate
> > it.. if it aborted early.. not a fix sorry..
>
> Try it ... rsync does NOT modify files in place, it creates a temporary
> file and then renames it if the transfer is successful, so the other link
> (i.e. the old file) will remain.
I know this, but with --partial... if the transfer gets aborted.. it will
move the (now truncated) image over the link.. .. Ouch..
The problem is that I get frequent aborts.. and I want to
A) Use the stuff i've already synced..
B) And use the origional ISO for the rest of the sync..
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