Jamie Lokier (ja...@shareable.org) wrote on 4 July 2011 00:00: >Carlos Carvalho wrote: >> When --checksum is used they're calculated in both ends to see if the >> file should be transfered. This is of course not necessary if the file >> doesn't exist in the destination. However, the checksum is still >> calculated by the sender, which is often a very large overhead. >> >> Would it be possible to avoid it? > >Doesn't the receiver use the checksum to verify it received the file >with no errors?
Yes, but this always happens, not only with -c. That checksum is calculated during the download and has no overhead. The one with -c is done before, just to decide whether to download. -- 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
