Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 13:36:27 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell <scott+freebsd@fishballoon.org> To: Andy Harrison <ah54@httpsite.com> Cc: freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: rdist vs rsync Message-ID: <20030404123627.GA12077@tuatara.fishballoon.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20030403152909.ah54@httpsite.com> References: <OE46nI1tXZ2dqogeIN800016a31@hotmail.com> <XFMail.20030403152909.ah54@httpsite.com>
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On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 03:29:09PM -0500, Andy Harrison wrote: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On 03-Apr-2003, Brian Henning wrote message "rdist vs rsync" > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Greetings, > > what are the major differences between rdist and rsync? is one of them > > better to use? I have a directory that i am backing up with a crontab > > and the backup dir is on the same machine. > > Sorry, missed the original message. Anyway, the big difference between rdist and rsync is the incredibly cunning synchronisation algorithm used by rsync. Essentially, it just sends diffs, when it can, rather than whole files, and pipelines transfers so it works efficiently even on high-latency links. As far as I know, rdist always sends whole files. IMHO, if you have a choice, use rsync. Cheers, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott at fishballoon.org | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon
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