[plug] rsync and nfs

Bernard Blackham bernard at blackham.com.au
Mon Oct 21 10:49:47 WST 2002


On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 10:28:47AM +0800, Nick Bannon wrote:
> What you want is the -W flag, which turns _off_ the funky rsync

Ahh, groovy!

> When copying files on the "local" machine (including NFS) this is
> actually the default on the current rsync, but not on older ones (e.g.

That explains why it seemed to be running faster than a straight cp
over the top. So I am still gaining a speed advantage by using rsync.

Thanks Nick!

Rgds,
Bernard.

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