30 Jun
2004
30 Jun
'04
3:36 a.m.
Patrick wrote....
However, I'd recommend rsync over mirror if you
can use it. I haven't
used mirror as much as rsync, but I've never had a problem with rsync.
I am a big rsync fan. However, rsync is a bad choice for this for two
reasons....
1) rsync requires rsync to be installed on both sides. For various reasons
rsync is unlikely to be installed on bitsavers. But more importantly...
2) rsync works it's magic and speed savings by copying only the bits inside
each file which have changed. That is unlikely to be of any help when you
are dealing with static pdf files. If the file changes, it changes as a
whole, not just a portion of the file (unlike source code, html documents,
etc.).
Jay West
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