rsync'ing large files
Peter L. Wargo
pwargo at basenji.com
Thu Apr 22 21:21:10 GMT 2004
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Wayne Davison wrote:
> * Per-file dynamic block size is now sqrt(file length). The
> per-file checksum size is determined according to an algorithm
> provided by Donovan Baarda which reduces the probability of rsync
> algorithm corrupting data and falling back using the whole md4
> checksums. (J.W. Schultz, Donovan Baarda)
Oooo... I need to go compile 2.6 on a G5 running OS X (unless somebody
beat me to it). IIRC, the G5 has hardware sqrt. This could be quite
useful.
-Pete
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