rsync - what can it do?

[Green, Paul]

bob parker [mailto:bob_parker at dodo.com.au] asks:
> I've downloaded a 700meg iso by ftp using a steam powered dial up
connection.
> It took a week and naturally many resumes.
>
> Murphy's Law did not take a holiday of course so the md5sum of the
downloaded 
> iso does not match the md5sum of the one at the mirror.
>
> Can rsync be used to selectively fetch the part or parts of the iso that
are 
> in error assuming that the mirror is also an rsync mirror?

Sure, but why not just let the computer do the work. Just tell rsync to
fetch the entire hierarchy. It will do the work necessary to find the
differences and send the minimal set of changes.

PG