In article <zYU2vHCHoY4LFwRS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In message <5112a8b2e4briancarroll@xxxxxxx>, Brian Carroll > <briancarroll@xxxxxxx> writes > >operation down very much, which I expected it to do. If I > >have the time, I do a 'Compare' after the backup and I wonder > >whether you have considered doing this at the same time as > >the backup? It seems to me there might be a time saving there. > Doesn't a compare *after* synchronisation just show source and > destination the same ... Yes it does, plus such things as 'File xxx newer on <destination>' when they are not. There is a pair of entries for each directory entered in the 2 main main fields. I thought that perhaps the way the synchronisation is done could somehow accumulate the comparison data. > ... compare before would presumably show what the log file > does. I'm not sure about that. Brian. -- ______________________________________________________________ Brian Carroll, Ripon, N Yorks, UK briancarroll at f2s dot com ______________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe or subscribe goto: //www.freelists.org/list/davidpilling