2012/09/10
Gzip and Rsync
Gzip and Rsync were sitting in a tree, k-i-s-
Ok, I’ll stop. I just wanted to mention that I came across this little nugget in the gzip manpage the other night:
|
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
|
--rsyncable
While compressing, synchronize the output occasionally
based on the input. This increases size by less than
1 percent most cases, but means that the rsync(1) program
can much more efficiently synchronize files compressed
with this flag. gunzip cannot tell the difference between
a compressed file created with this option, and one
created without it.
|
That, I think, is pretty cool.
Gzip and Rsync is original content from devolve.
About The Author
Charlie Herron
Denizen of Portland, Maine; tech jack; lover / hater / whatever; philosophical dabbler. http://twitter.com/realgeek