On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 06:05:39PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
> Hendrik Boom writes:
>
> > On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 12:39:11PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote:
> >> Is there a reason not to use `rsync -n` ?
> >
> > Ahhh... That's what -n is for. I missed it looking through the man page.
>
> And if you want to see the differences, you may be interested in rdiff.
> Haven't used it myself but sound (and looks) like it fits your bill.

That's just what I thought... but the man page I have for rdiff says nothing
about how to compare files between systems... Could it be that the man page
s defective?

It does say 'similar to rsync', and mentions that 'he original rsync
algorithm was discovered by Andrew Tridgell.' but that's hardly a
specification.

Was I just too tired to figure out these clues? Should I have
experimented with rdiff pretending it took the same
parameters and syntax as rsync?

Or should I lodge a bug report against the man page?

-- hendrik

>

> Hope this helps,
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