difference between src and destination sizes when rsync was run

hello all, i have two machines, one is a rsync server and another is rsync client when i run the rsync client for backup, the src dir is showing 4.8G and the destination dir to which i am backingup is showing 5.5G can anyone tell me why is this. thank u all regards venkatesh -- Venkatesh.S

Re: difference between src and destination sizes when rsync was run

On Wed 31 Aug 2005, Venkatesh.S wrote: > i have two machines, one is a rsync server and another is rsync client > > when i run the rsync client for backup, the src dir is showing 4.8G and > the destination dir to which i am backingup is showing 5.5G > can anyone tell me why is this. Filesystem d

Re: difference between src and destination sizes when rsync was run

Venkatesh.S wrote: hello all, i have two machines, one is a rsync server and another is rsync client when i run the rsync client for backup, the src dir is showing 4.8G and the destination dir to which i am backingup is showing 5.5G can anyone tell me why is this. thank u all regards venkate

Re: difference between src and destination sizes when rsync was run

On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 05:06:47AM -0700, Venkatesh.S wrote: > when i run the rsync client for backup, the src dir is showing 4.8G and > the destination dir to which i am backingup is showing 5.5G > can anyone tell me why is this. In addition to the other replies, if some of the files are hard-lin