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Asked: 2013-11-23 08:24:08 +0800 CST

building file list database with rsync

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Folks, Please correct me if I am wrong, but I was under the assumption that the reason rsync's first run is slower than subsequent, is because it builds up a database of the file structure on the sender.

However, Im not seeing this in the docs: http://rsync.samba.org/how-rsync-works.html

Does rsync in fact build a database of local files? Can we specify where it should be stored?

Thanks!

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    No, rsync does not store a database of files; it rebuilds its file list from scratch for each run.

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