Hiya I have been doing some substantial research about rsync and the rsync algorithm. I was wondering: can rsync backup any type of file? I have tested it with "common" files Word, Excel, SQL dumps, log files etc But what about more complex types of files, like vector images etc. Thank you for your thoughts in advance. Hamish
we use rsync to move encrypted files with no problems. i would say that's as "complex" as it gets, so you should be fine. -alex ________________________________ From: rsync-bounces+rsync=kolosy.com@lists.samba.org on behalf of Robertson Technologies Ltd Sent: Mon 3/27/2006 2:17 PM To: rsync@lists.samba.org Subject: Can rsync handle any type of file? Hiya I have been doing some substantial research about rsync and the rsync algorithm. I was wondering: can rsync backup any type of file? I have tested it with "common" files Word, Excel, SQL dumps, log files etc But what about more complex types of files, like vector images etc. Thank you for your thoughts in advance. Hamish -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed
The way the algorithm works, the answer to 1 is yes. i haven't used it enough to answer 2. ________________________________ From: Hamish Robertson [mailto:hamish@iskmweboffice.com] Sent: Fri 3/31/2006 3:40 PM To: Alex Pedenko; Robertson Technologies Ltd; rsync@lists.samba.org Subject: RE: Can rsync handle any type of file? In technical terms, is rsync capable of dealing with backing up any type of file then? In practical terms, has anyone had any corruption problems when backing up files? Thanks Hamish Alex Pedenko (alex@kolosy.com) wrote:> > we use rsync to move encrypted files with no problems. i would say that's as "complex" > as it gets, so you should be fine. > > -alex > > ________________________________ > > From: rsync-bounces+rsync=kolosy.com@lists.samba.org on behalf of Robertson Technologies > Ltd > Sent: Mon 3/27/2006 2:17 PM > To: rsync@lists.samba.org > Subject: Can rsync handle any type of file? > > > > Hiya > > I have been doing some substantial research about rsync and the rsync > algorithm. > > I was wondering: can rsync backup any type of file? I have tested it with > "common" files Word, Excel, SQL dumps, log files etc > > But what about more complex types of files, like vector images etc. > > Thank you for your thoughts in advance. > > Hamish > > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > >-------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed
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On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 10:23:59PM +0200, Wojtek.Pilorz wrote:> (it was, as far as I remember, version 2.6.6).[...]> As far as I remember the parts with zeroes were at places where short read > from Linux kernel were returned (i.e. number of bytes read was less than > requested).FYI, that bug was fixed in 2.6.7. ..wayne..