[rdiff-backup-users] Rdiff backup partial transfers

[Mark Ridley]

Hi,

The way rdiff-backup works is that if a file is being transfered and the 
connection is lost, rdiff-backup rolls back the transfer of that file.

 If the file is large - for example a database - it can take several hours to 
completley transfer a file. If the connection gets dropped, the transfer starts 
again from the beginning.

 Is there a way to do partial file transfers, so that the next time I invoke 
rdiff-backup, it carries on where it left off.

 rsync works this way with the --partial option.

 is it possible to do this with rdiff-backup?

if not, is this somthing that can be added with a code change - or is there a 
fundamental reason why it cannot work this way?

help much appreciated

Mark