Re: rsync, leave files compressed?

[Michael Schwendt <ms0301rh arcor de>]

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On 31 Mar 2003 16:07:53 +0100, gregory mott wrote:

> i have just discovered rsync (thanks to a redhat-list poster for
> pointing it out) and it is very good..  actually it is half of what i've
> been wanting..  the other half is (an option) to compress (preferably
> bzip2) each file on transmission (iff that results in a reduction in
> size) and store it still compressed (with appropriate name extension) on
> the other end.  and of course vice versa.
> 
> does this kind of capability already exist out there somewhere?

rsync option -z (or --compress) compresses data prior to sending
it to you.

> by the way, why is redhat dropping bzip2?

??

> and similarly, i wonder why afio, once offered on a redhat extra-tools
> cd, never landed in the rh distro nor seemingly caught much popularity
> otherwise?  compressing a file at a time instead of the whole stream is
> definitely a better approach..

Can't say anything to afio, but compressing several files at once
often results in better total compression efficiency.

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