On Nov 15, 2011, at 3:02 AM, Cédric Villemain wrote: > no, you are wrong. > -c, --checksum > "This changes the way rsync checks if the files have been changed and > are in need of a transfer. Without this option, rsync uses a "quick > check" that (by default) checks if each file's size and time of last > modification match between the sender and receiver. This option > changes this to compare a 128-bit checksum for each file that has a > matching size. Generating the checksums means that both sides will > expend a lot of disk I/O reading all the data in the files in the > transfer (and this is prior to any reading that will be done to > transfer changed files), so this can slow things down significantly. " Seriously, read that and what I said. They are the same, except that the documentation provides more detail. -- Scott Ribe scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.elevated-dev.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
