Incremental transfers: how to tell?

[Max Bowsher]

James Kilton wrote:
> To follow up on this... I found the --stats option and
> here's what I'm getting:
>
> Number of files: 36
> Number of files transferred: 36
> Total file size: 10200816 bytes
> Total transferred file size: 10200816 bytes
> Literal data: 10200816 bytes
> Matched data: 0 bytes
> File list size: 576
> Total bytes written: 10203996
> Total bytes read: 596
>
> So, I don't know why no parts of the files are
> matching.  The files are the same save for 1 or 2
> values changing every 5 minutes.  I don't know if
> anyone here is familiar with RRD files, but they're
> database files commonly used for SNMP data collection.
>  All the fields are created initially so the file size
> never changes -- the fields are populated as time goes
> on.
>
> Is RSync unable to do incremental transfers of
> non-text files?

No, it is perfectlty capable of this.

Is is possible that your files are changing in widely scattered places, such
that every block that rsync examines has changed?


Max.