On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 06:27, jw schultz wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 09:06:52PM +0300, ??????? ???????? wrote: > > Hello! > > > > As I was found rsync do not detect file renaming. If I just copy my > > backup.0.tgz (many Mbytes in size having it's md5) to backup.1.tgz > > (which will be equial in size and md5) it will be the same file > > in fact... > > > > Rsync will delete old file (backup.0.tgz) on the receiving side and > > download new one (backup.1.tgz). I do not think there are any > > difficulties to detect this situation and follow the natural way: > > just rename the file on the receiving side. > > > > Am I right? > > Reliably detecting renamed files in a manner that rsync can > act on it is very difficult.
I believe rsync currently sends whole-file md4sums along with the signature. At least when using the -c option, it _could_ use the md4sums to identify identical but moved files. Actually implementing it is another story :-) -- Donovan Baarda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://minkirri.apana.org.au/~abo/ -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
