Transferring large files using rsync

2003-09-11 Thread Seann Herdejurgen
I am running into an issue with rsync that I need some help with. When syncing large files (e.g. 1GB), the rsync algorithm creates a temporary 1GB file and then renames it when the transfer is finished. The issue I am running into is if the two large files have very few differences between them,

Re: Transferring large files using rsync

2003-09-11 Thread jw schultz
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 05:43:56PM -0500, Seann Herdejurgen wrote: > I am running into an issue with rsync that I need some help with. When syncing > large files (e.g. 1GB), the rsync algorithm creates a temporary 1GB file and > then renames it when the transfer is finished. The issue I am runnin

Re: Transferring large files using rsync

2003-09-11 Thread cbarratt
jw schultz writes: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 05:43:56PM -0500, Seann Herdejurgen wrote: > [snip] > > Is there a way to tell rsync to update files "in place" and not > > create a temporary file? > > No. Nor can rsync be modified to do so. Is that true? I thought one could readily add an --inplac

Re: Transferring large files using rsync

2003-09-11 Thread jw schultz
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 11:04:26PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > jw schultz writes: > > > On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 05:43:56PM -0500, Seann Herdejurgen wrote: > > [snip] > > > Is there a way to tell rsync to update files "in place" and not > > > create a temporary file? > > > > No. Nor can rsyn