Answer by terdon for rsync - does it create a temp file during transfer?
It does create a temp file, by default in the target directory and named .<FILE_NAME>.<RANDOM_STRING>. So, if you are copying foo.txt, it will create a tmp file called .foo.txt.GV4H3 (GV4H3...
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Yes, it does create a temp file.According to the man page you can specify the directory in which the temp file is stored with the parameter -T as in-T, --temp-dir=DIR create temporary files in...
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rsync creates temporary files in the target directory. That file is named like the source but with an extension. It could be like that: source: foo.bar target temp: foo.bar.hzmkjt7 (hzmkjt7 is just an...
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As far as I can see rsync doesn't create the file in the target directory until it is complete.This must mean that it creates the file in a temp directory somewhere and copies the file into the target...
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