Transferring Large Files w/ Rsync - Initial Xfer

[Wayne Davison]

On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 06:31:38PM -0800, d c wrote:
> As an adder-  Would I be better of not compressing?

Yes -- it allows the unchanged data to actually match (compressed files
don't have large sections of matching data between versions).  You could
use the -z option to send the data compressed over the wire, but keep it
uncompressed on the disks.

..wayne..