--whole-file not working ?

[jw schultz]

On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 04:00:42AM -0700, Satsco wrote:
> Steve,
> 
> I dont know much about rsync... but --bwlimit *does*
> work when i rsync from an smbfs mount to a local
> partition. and it works *beautifully*.
> 
> net speed of transfer is always reported below the set
> bwlimit.
> 
> perhaps the rsync gurus on this list can explain
> how... but i can swear that it does happen.
> 
> regards,
> Satsco.

It makes sense that it works.  Rsync isn't disabling the
--bwlimit option just because the source and destination are
both local.  Look at the manpage to see that --bwlimit
has nothing to do with what the fd is connected to and
everything to do with actual data transfers.

Of course even with the bandwidth limited it will be much
faster talking to an rsync process running on the remote
machine than localy on SMB.  An order of magnitude faster if
you don't use --whole-file and --ignore-times.  But i can
understand running on SMB if you don't manage the other
system.

> 
> --- Steve Greenland <steveg at moregruel.net> wrote:
> > On 24-Apr-03, 06:57 (CDT), Satsco
> > <perisat at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> > > since i am using an SMB mount here, data is
> > actually
> > > transferred over the network (LAN), therefore
> > > --bwlimit
> > > is actually a good idea -- in fact, its working
> > gr8 !
> > 
> > Unlikely. As far as rsync (or any other application)
> > is concerned, the
> > disk *is* local. Only the OS knows that it's
> > actually from another
> > machine.
> > 
> > Steve
> > -- 
> > Steve Greenland
> 
> 
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