[COLUG] rsync question

[Rick Troth]

> Is there an explanation for the size discrepency?  Did I screw up some
> hard or soft links in some way?  Device nodes?  What should I look for?

As SPP said,  sparse files will inflate if not handled with care.

Also,  do you know the blocksize of the two filesystems?
(comparing source to target)   I learned today that there MAY
have been a change in the default for EXT2/3 from 1K to 4K.
If this is correct,  or if for any reason the blocksizes differ,
and you have a lot of small files,  you'll see increased consumption.
(And that would be no foul-up on your part ... just progress.)

-- R;