02-14-2008
Hi.
I would let rsync handle the details. If a file is "incomplete" in one period, then rsync will copy as much as it can. Then chances are good that it will be complete in the next, and rsync will finish it.
My understanding of the design of rsync is that it transfers a minimum of data, so that you'll be transferring about the same amount of data regardless of what rsync does - transfers it all at once or in pieces ... cheers, drl
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rdiff(1) General Commands Manual rdiff(1)
NAME
rdiff - compute and apply signature-based file differences
SYNOPSYS
rdiff [options] signature old-file signature-file
rdiff [options] delta signature-file new-file delta-file
rdiff [options] patch basis-file delta-file new-file
USAGE
You can use rdiff to update files, much like rsync does. However, unlike rsync, rdiff puts you in control. There are three steps to
updating a file: signature, delta, and patch.
DESCRIPTION
In every case where a filename must be specified, - may be used instead to mean either standard input or standard output as appropriate.
Be aware that if you do this, you'll need to terminate your options with -- or rdiff will think you are passing it an empty option.
RETURN VALUE
0 for successful completion, 1 for environmental problems (file not found, invalid options, IO error, etc), 2 for a corrupt file and 3 for
an internal error or unhandled situation in librsync or rdiff.
SEE ALSO
librsync(3)
AUTHOR
Martin Pool <mbp@samba.org>
The original rsync algorithm was discovered by Andrew Tridgell.
rdiff development has been supported by Linuxcare, Inc and VA Linux Systems.
$Date: 2002/01/25 21:25:34 $ rdiff(1)