On Fri 15 Jan 2010, David Trammell wrote: > > I saw the -W option, but I wasn't sure about how it behaves as the > man pages don't have many details, and I thought there might be > other options I missed. For -W the man page just says "copy files > whole (w/o delta-xfer algorithm)"
Take a moment to properly read the manpage, the above indicates you've never gone beyond the option summary. Further on, the options are discussed in detail: -W, --whole-file With this option rsync’s delta-transfer algorithm is not used and the whole file is sent as-is instead. The transfer may be faster if this option is used when the bandwidth between the source and destination machines is higher than the bandwidth to disk (especially when the "disk" is actually a networked filesystem). This is the default when both the source and des‐ tination are specified as local paths, but only if no batch- writing option is in effect. Paul -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html