Potential new option: --delete-during
John Van Essen
vanes002 at umn.edu
Mon Jan 24 09:26:43 GMT 2005
On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Wayne Davison <wayned at samba.org> wrote:
>
> Comments? How do people feel about making the --delete-during behavior
> the default --delete algorithm? I think it will be much more efficient
> (and less prone to timeouts), so having it as the default is the best
> choice.
I agree that it is more efficient. Having this capability is very nice.
Users who expect --delete to act before file transfers and want it that
way to minimize the chance of rsync filling up the disk might be very
surprised at this new behavior.
A change in default behavior (when it's not a security fix) can be
upsetting to those who depend upon it.
But if nobody on this list sees any problem with that, then go for it.
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John Van Essen Univ of MN Alumnus <vanes002 at umn.edu>
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