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from a sparse file to a block device over the network
If I have a sparse file representing a block device, then how can I efficiently restore the file over a network? Ideally, I'd use rsync -S host:file /dev/sdb, but rsync won't write to block devices. ...
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What is the interaction of the rsync --size-only and --sparse options?
If I use rsync with the --size-only and --sparse options together, if a file already exists at the destination as a full file (otherwise the same) it's not overwritten.
If I omit the --size-only ...
