I currently create large (500MB-2.5GB) tar.gz files that I am trying to get to rsync better. After doing some research by reading a lecture presented by the original author of rsync and googling the list archives, I have concluded that the gzip-rsyncable.diff is the best way to get gzipped files to rsync nicely. The only version I could find of this patch is available here:
http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/unpacked/rsync/patches/gzip-rsyncable.diff
Since the patch was created a while ago and is not part of the default gzip yet, I was wondering if rsync users on this list had any opinions on the patch regarding its effectiveness and/or any problems it may cause with gzip. Is this patch the way to go, or am I better off trying out a different compression algorithm (not gzip related) altogether?
Thanks,
Mike
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