Is rsync copying over the entire file? Sent bytes matches actual file size.

[Michal Soltys]

Administrator wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> [cut]
>    
> Number of files: 2
> Number of files transferred: 1
> Total file size: 584742598 bytes
> Total transferred file size: 584742598 bytes
> Literal data: 584742598 bytes
> Matched data: 0 bytes
> File list size: 118
> File list generation time: 0.002 seconds
> File list transfer time: 0.000 seconds
> Total bytes sent: 584814160
> Total bytes received: 48
> sent 584814160 bytes  
> received 48 bytes  
> 15595045.55 bytes/sec
> total size is 584742598  
> 
> 
> 
> This looks to me as though it is transferring the entire file as the
> sent bytes is 584814160 and I am now confused as it should have only
> transferred the changes in the zip file, although it does say that it
> only received 48 bytes.
> 
> Am I reading this wrong?
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 

Locally used rsync will default to -W which causes whole files to be 
transferred (if they differ - also check -c option if mtime and size are 
not reliable in your case). But it still distinguishes between client 
and server - the stats are for the client - which "sent" 584814160 bytes 
in one direction, but "received" only 48 from the server.