On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 01:11:35PM -0500, D Andrew Reynhout wrote: > but I'm less clear on > why (it appears) that *both* sides sort the flist.
This is because the flist gets sent as it is created, so it is sent unsorted. Without this rule it would be necessary to wait until the list had been fully read from disk and sorted before it was transferred, making the use of time much less optimal (it's better to have the disk I/O and network I/O overlap rather than be consecutive). ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html