[TriLUG] copying files

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Fri, 22 Jun 2012, Alan Porter wrote:

> Maybe this example will clarify things:
>
> ssh joe at trilug.org "md5sum cdimage.iso" <- not much data over the wire
> md5sum mnt/sshfs/trilug/cdimage.iso <- several GB transferred over the wire

got this and agree.

In the case of rsync, I assume to do the file compare, 
something like this is happening.

get_filestamps_sizes_perms mnt/sshfs/trilug/cdimage.iso

just doing an fstat() (or similar) on the other end?

Joe

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