-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 31 Mar 2003 16:07:53 +0100, gregory mott wrote:
> i have just discovered rsync (thanks to a redhat-list poster for > pointing it out) and it is very good.. actually it is half of what i've > been wanting.. the other half is (an option) to compress (preferably > bzip2) each file on transmission (iff that results in a reduction in > size) and store it still compressed (with appropriate name extension) on > the other end. and of course vice versa. > > does this kind of capability already exist out there somewhere? rsync option -z (or --compress) compresses data prior to sending it to you. > by the way, why is redhat dropping bzip2? ?? > and similarly, i wonder why afio, once offered on a redhat extra-tools > cd, never landed in the rh distro nor seemingly caught much popularity > otherwise? compressing a file at a time instead of the whole stream is > definitely a better approach.. Can't say anything to afio, but compressing several files at once often results in better total compression efficiency. - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+iHVK0iMVcrivHFQRAuqqAJ4i/ySJgAyyBiccO/NbM/SJMCjOHwCdEiCC Qk2daXXgs0QpZTAazfpcYBw= =MDLy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
