faster rsync of huge directories

[Shachar Shemesh]

Tom Rosenfeld wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 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.
> Is there any way to get it to start copying as it goes. Or do any of 
> you have a better tool?
Yes, there is a better tool.

Upgrade both ends to rsync version 3 or later. That version starts the 
transfer even before the file list is completely built.

Shachar

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Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.
http://www.lingnu.com

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