From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fee8Z-000347-LA for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 12 May 2006 16:21:23 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fee8V-0002yM-8I for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 12 May 2006 16:21:22 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fee8V-0002yD-4K for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 12 May 2006 16:21:19 -0400 Received: from [213.21.137.89] (helo=mail.zipman.it) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FeeAJ-0004zi-00 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 12 May 2006 16:23:11 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.zipman.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B3D0141AC for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 22:21:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.zipman.it ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.zipman.it [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id EgcQT5SVaDkR for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 22:21:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.192.20] (unknown [192.168.192.20]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.zipman.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1769A14067 for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 22:21:14 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4464EE39.6000605@zipman.it> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 22:21:13 +0200 From: Flavio Visentin MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] PATCH: Support for multi-file raw images References: <1147329045.17542.15.camel@moonpix.desrt.ca> In-Reply-To: <1147329045.17542.15.camel@moonpix.desrt.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ryan Lortie wrote: > I use rsync to backup my home directory. The act of starting up QEMU > changes a 20GB file on my drive. This causes 20GB of extra copying next > time I do backups. OT for qemu, but if you use *rsync*, then only the changed part of the file are copied, not all the file. Rsync was written just for this reason, to avoid copying unneccessary unchanged data. - -- Flavio Visentin GPG Key: http://www.zipman.it/gpgkey.asc There are only 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary, and those who don't. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEZO45usUmHkh1cnoRAk+iAJ0QsNj0Uz3X6WBexI7tIEXE/7TMhwCgiv4e djj3DV1vfOG+d5qKikqLZfM= =FYVh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----