Re: How to resume an scp transfer?

From: Jack Moe (mojorisin_at_bigmailbox.net)
Date: 04/29/04 

Date: 29 Apr 2004 05:27:54 -0700

Kyler Laird <Kyler@news.Lairds.org> wrote in message news:<hhh2m1-fbo.ln1@snout.lairds.org>...
> mojorisin@bigmailbox.net (Jack Moe) writes:
>
> >That's interesting. Didn't think of that. 'rsync' supports delta
> >transfers, too.
>
> Be careful with them. The original (partial) transfer is not just extended
> when the transfer is resumed. A new file is created. Thus, if you are
> moving a 10GB file and you get 9GB before stopping, then resume, you'll use
> up to 19GB until the transfer is complete.
>
> (At least that's the way it worked awhile ago when I investigated.)
>
> --kyler

What version did you test this with.

Per rsync's web site at http://rsync.samba.org/features.html
"rsync is a file transfer program for Unix systems. rsync uses the
"rsync algorithm" which provides a very fast method for bringing
remote files into sync. It does this by sending just the differences
in the files across the link, without requiring that both sets of
files are present at one of the ends of the link beforehand."

Jack Moe

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