rsync - Aug 2005 - difference between src and destination sizes when rsync was run

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
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On Wed 31 Aug 2005, Venkatesh.S wrote:
> 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.
Filesystem differences will do this, if your filesystem rounds up to
e.g. 8k blocks for file allocation, then 1000 files of 1 byte will show
8MB; another filesystem that doesn't waste space like that (e.g. reiserfs
with tail option) will show a few k.


Paul Slootman

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.

On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 05:06:47AM -0700, Venkatesh.S
wrote:
> 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.
In addition to the other replies, if some of the files are hard-linked
together on the source side, you need to use -H to get them hard-linked
on the destination side (which saves space).

..wayne..