rsync doesnt do that.... why not use a range get with http server and wget client, or just ssh
ssh remotehost 'dd if=file bs=500 count=1' > file ? /kc On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 11:02:36AM +0000, Hongyi Zhao said: >Hi all, > >Suppose I have a file on the remote rsync server: > >rsync://path/to/myfile > >And I want to only retrieve a part of the file based a ranges of bytes to >my local host, say, 0-499, means only transfer the first 500 bytes of >that file. > >Is this possible with rsync client? > >Regards >-- >.: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :. > >-- >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 -- Ken Chase - k...@heavycomputing.ca skype:kenchase23 +1 416 897 6284 Toronto Canada Heavy Computing - Clued bandwidth, colocation and managed linux VPS @151 Front St. W. -- 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
