Re: A question about rsync's behaviour
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On 08/12/2010 11:17 AM, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Hi to all Debian users.
>
> I wish to know why rsync behaves in two different ways when working between two
> pcs connected by ethernet cable and, instead, when copying files from a pc to a
> pendrive. Here's the output in the former case:
>
> $ rsync -vrtul --delete Mail News 192.168.0.2:/home/rodolfo
> rodolfo@192.168.0.2's password:
> building file list ... done
>
> sent 75797 bytes received 20 bytes 16848.22 bytes/sec
> total size is 27753551 speedup is 366.06
>
>
> and in the second:
>
>
> $ rsync -vrtul --delete Mail News /mnt/pendrive2
> building file list ... done
> Mail/comp.emacs/
> Mail/comp.emacs/324
> Mail/comp.emacs/325
> Mail/comp.emacs/326
> Mail/comp.emacs/327
> Mail/comp.emacs/328
> Mail/comp.emacs/329
> Mail/comp.emacs/330
> Mail/comp.emacs/331
> Mail/comp.emacs/332
> Mail/comp.emacs/333
> Mail/comp.emacs/334
> Mail/comp.emacs/335
> Mail/comp.emacs/336
>
> [...]
>
> News/drafts/drafts/21
> News/drafts/queue/
> News/marks/
> News/marks/freenews.netfront.net-ephemeral/
> News/marks/news.gmane.org-ephemeral/gmane.linux.debian.user/
> News/marks/news.gmane.org-ephemeral/gmane.linux.debian.user/.marks
> News/marks/news.gmane.org/
> News/marks/news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user/
> News/marks/news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user/.marks
> News/marks/news.gnus.org-ephemeral/
> News/marks/news.readfreenews.net-ephemeral/
>
> sent 7616774 bytes received 30996 bytes 728359.05 bytes/sec
> total size is 27753551 speedup is 3.63
>
>
> The second output contain about 1,500 lines!, and the first only 5!
>
> Can anybody explain why this difference, and how to make rsync behave with the
> pendrive the same as with ethernet cable?
>
> Thanks for any help
> Rodolfo
>
>
I am not sure the exact reason, but I am betting on something along the
lines of the usb stick being formatted in a non-UNIX filesystem, such as
vfat. I know this is often the case when preserving permissions, which
you are not... So perhaps the time preservation?
- --
Jordan Metzmeier
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