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<br>Wow...<br>I don't know how many times I read through the man file... sorry I missed that... <br>Thanks,<br>Tom<br><br>> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:32:51 -0400<br>> From: rsync@benizi.com<br>> To: pavera@live.com<br>> CC: rsync@lists.samba.org<br>> Subject: Re: rsync to iSCSI over WAN<br>> <br>> On Fri, 23 Jul 2010, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote:<br>> <br>> > On Fri, 23 Jul 2010, Tom Christensen wrote:<br>> > <br>> > > I am running rsync in cygwin on windows. I am attempting to backup a <br>> > > somewhat large data store (750GB) to a remote site. As its windows <br>> > > and preserving permissions exactly is important, I have an iSCSI <br>> > > drive mounted on the local system across a somewhat slow WAN link <br>> > > (IE, it would take about 3 months to copy the datastore over it). <br>> > > Unfortunately, since this appears as a "local" copy to rsync, it <br>> > > always copies whole files. Even though it is a "local" copy, I want <br>> > > to only send diffs, as we have large files that have small changes <br>> > > daily. Reading the man page, and everything I can find on the net I <br>> > > don't see an option to force diffs only/rsync protocol, is this <br>> > > possible?<br>> > <br>> > I didn't see a "don't use --whole-file"-type option. [...]<br>> <br>> Apparently I didn't look very hard... searched for 'whole' again in the <br>> man page...<br>> <br>> Just use --no-whole-file.<br>> <br>> Though the batch mode is also a handy thing to know about, there's <br>> overhead from making two passes.<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Best,<br>> Ben<br> <br /><hr />Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. <a href='http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2' target='_new'>See how.</a></body>
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