Re: [PLUG] Large data transfer

["Aaron Mulder" <ammulder@alumni.princeton.edu>]

On 8/2/06, Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com> wrote:
> I saw a paper at Usenix ATC in 2003 about in-place rsync.  Cool graph
> theoretic stuff so that things were copied only as they could be to
> update the file, probably useful for handhelds with limited memory.
> The problem, of course, is that if the transfer dies mid-stream,
> you've corrupted the file pending a new rsync, instead of having a
> usable but out-of-date file.

I'd be happy if you gave it the command, it calculated the space
needed and available, and came back immediately and said "I'm sorry
Dave, I can't do that".

Thanks,
   Aaron

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