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How to rsync a large file by comparing earlier versions on the sending end?
You can ask rsync to use a previous directory as a starting point for a copy
rsync --times --compare-dest /store/2025-09-02/ remote:/store/2025-09-03/BigFile.xyz /store/2025-09-03/
This uses your ...
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Rsync from a file containing a list of absolute file paths
You can use the --files-from to read the file, and then tell rsync to discard the paths that would usually be applied in this situation to the destination:
rsync -ahv --progress --files-from="$...
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How to rsync a large file by comparing earlier versions on the sending end?
In general, Chris Davies' answer is the most portable, easiest to implement, so I'd say: go for that!
One exception: if the file is really large, the phase where remote and local side exchange partial ...
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rsync with --include-from breaks hardlinks (evec with -H)
OK, the problem was simple. --includes-from= is waiting for regexp from files to import. My file didn't have regexp but file names, sometimes with spaces or other special character, making them ...
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