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Re:A fun optimization trick from rsync by lazylizard on Monday October 29, 2018 @12:56AM (#18325173)
can rsync --dry-run and | output to a file?
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Re:A fun optimization trick from rsync by Jedd on Monday October 29, 2018 @02:55AM (#18325511)
Yup, that's what I ended up doing [1] - but was mildly surprised it wasn't built in, and very surprised that I couldn't find anyone else's solution.

[1] https://jeddi.org/b/2016/05/28/rsync-from-a-to-b-via-usb/

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Re:A fun optimization trick from rsync by akvadrako on Monday October 29, 2018 @02:34AM (#18325454)
I think he means a diff that includes the differences in content.
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