From: Wayne Davison Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 19:09:26 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Let's go with "delta transfer algorithm" (thanks, Matt). X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/commitdiff_plain/26ac181223325fbeadac5c8620e7758fd5d68985?hp=7fa60281bf3c261fe527d36492869892a6836aed Let's go with "delta transfer algorithm" (thanks, Matt). --- diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index a649dd95..45d63387 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ correctly and ends up corrupting the files. dit(bf(-n, --dry-run)) This tells rsync to not do any file transfers, instead it will just report the actions it would have taken. -dit(bf(-W, --whole-file)) With this option the differential rsync algorithm +dit(bf(-W, --whole-file)) With this option the delta transfer algorithm is not used and the whole file is sent as-is instead. The transfer may be faster if this option is used when the bandwidth between the source and destination machines is higher than the bandwidth to disk (especially when the @@ -1706,7 +1706,7 @@ after it has served its purpose. Note that if bf(--whole-file) is specified (or implied), any partial-dir file that is found for a file that is being updated will simply be removed (since -rsync is sending files without using the differential rsync algorithm). +rsync is sending files without using the delta transfer algorithm). Rsync will create the em(DIR) if it is missing (just the last dir -- not the whole path). This makes it easy to use a relative path (such as @@ -1824,7 +1824,7 @@ sender's file, which is being reconstructed at a rate of 110.64 kilobytes per second, and the transfer will finish in 4 seconds if the current rate is maintained until the end. -These statistics can be misleading if the differential transfer algorithm is +These statistics can be misleading if the delta transfer algorithm is in use. For example, if the sender's file consists of the basis file followed by additional data, the reported rate will probably drop dramatically when the receiver gets to the literal data, and the transfer