difference between src and destination sizes when rsync was run

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Venkatesh.S wrote:

>hello all,
>
>i have two machines, one is a rsync server and another is rsync client
>
>when i run the rsync client for backup, the src dir is showing 4.8G and
>the destination dir to which i am backingup is showing 5.5G
>can anyone tell me why is this.
>
>thank u all
>
>regards
>venkatesh
>  
>
What command are you using to rsync?

do you have the --delete option included, if not, files deleted on the 
src side will remain on the destination thus leaving one bigger than the 
other.