Les Mikesell wrote:
> Matthias Meyer wrote:
>> I use rsyncd to backup both, windows as well as linux clients.
>> Is it possible to examine or calculate the progress of an actual running
>> backup?
> 
> No, gnu tar has a way to get an estimate of the size of an incremental 
> run that amanda uses to help compute what will fit on a tape, but rsync 
> doesn't have an equivalent.
> 
>> One Idea would be to calculate the duration of the last backups and assume
>> the actual backup will have the same performance. But this can be wrong if
>> some new (big) files had been added.
>> Another Idea is to examine the filespace of the share and calculate the
>> estimated duration based on the last transfer rates. But this can be wrong
>> if some (big) files are in the exclusion list.
>>
>> Any Ideas?
> 
> I don't think it is even possible to guess how much rsync will transfer 
> on a changed file without running through the whole comparison.
> 
I think if you use the --dry-run option in rsync it may tell you how
much data would have been transferred.

-Rob
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