[ale] rsync issues

[Robert Coggins]

well, it looks like I would have to void my warranty to enable rsync.  I
am not so sure I want to do that yet.

Good idea though!

Rob

Brian Pitts wrote:
> On 12/05/2009 12:41 AM, Jim Popovitch wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 00:31, Robert Coggins <ale at cogginsnet.com> wrote:
>>> I was trying the -av at first but I decided I would forego the -go part
>>> of -a due to the destination being a cifs share.  (sorry I didn't
>>> mention that at first)
>> Well, if rsync thinks that group/owner have changed then it will copy
>> over the "changed" file.
>>
>> man rsync says:
>>
>>      "For example: if you want to use -a (--archive) but don't want -o
>> (--owner), instead of
>>       converting -a into -rlptgD, you could specify -a --no-o (or -a
>> --no-owner)"
>>
> 
> It's worth noting that the order is important here. The --no-* options
> must go after the option they would turn off. Thus '-a --no-o' will do
> what you expect, but '--no-o -a' won't. Instead, the -a will re-enable -o.
> 
> Robert, maybe you can enable rsyncd on the nas? This should definitely
> speed things up when only parts of a file have changed. With "local"
> storage (which the cifs mount is from rsync's perspective) you'll always
> transfer the entire file if rsync thinks it changed.
> 
> http://buffalo.nas-central.org/wiki/Rsync_-_synchronizes_files_and_directories_from_one_location_to_another
>