Re: rsync and compression question

2021-06-10 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 6/10/21 4:50 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 2021-06-10 2:52 p.m., ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Looking over https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43624832/rsync-compression-and-how-it-works#43625513 I am not sure what I am reading. This has nothing to do with storage or file compression.  Tha

Re: rsync and compression question

2021-06-10 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 2021-06-10 2:52 p.m., ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Looking over https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43624832/rsync-compression-and-how-it-works#43625513 I am not sure what I am reading. This has nothing to do with storage or file compression. That's talking about how rsync does data c

Re: rsync and compression question

2021-06-10 Thread George N. White III
On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 at 19:48, Matti Pulkkinen wrote: > to, 2021-06-10 kello 14:52 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users kirjoitti: > > Now the fun part: I would like the files on the > > backup flash drive to be compressed. Do I lose > > my file comparison feature? > > > > Can I do this? > > > > I don't

Re: rsync and compression question

2021-06-10 Thread Matti Pulkkinen
to, 2021-06-10 kello 14:52 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users kirjoitti: > Now the fun part: I would like the files on the > backup flash drive to be compressed.  Do I lose > my file comparison feature? > > Can I do this? > I don't think rsync can peer into compressed archives for file comparison, an

rsync and compression question

2021-06-10 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, Looking over https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43624832/rsync-compression-and-how-it-works#43625513 I am not sure what I am reading. What I would like to do with rsync is as follows: I would like to have a master directory on a local drive that is uncompressed. I want to do a one w