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Tom Rosenfeld wrote:
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I am a great fan of rsync for copying filesystems. However I now have a
filesystem which is several hundred gigabytes and apparently has a lot
of small files. I have been running rsync all night and it still did
not start copying as it is still building the file list.<br>
Is there any way to get it to start copying as it goes. Or do any of
you have a better tool?<br>
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Yes, there is a better tool.<br>
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Upgrade both ends to rsync version 3 or later. That version starts the
transfer even before the file list is completely built.<br>
<br>
Shachar<br>
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Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lingnu.com">http://www.lingnu.com</a>
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