On 25 June 2007 17:47, Steven Hartland wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Korn" > >>> Trying to get rsync running on Windows. It seems to "hang" when >>> transferring a certain excel spreadsheet. As far as I can tell the >>> spreadsheet is not open by anybody and is copyable using `dd`. Hence, >>> cygwin can read it just fine. Any idea why this might be hanging in rsync? >>> >>> rsync on Windows is using no CPU when it hits this file and it does not >>> proceed. >> >> It's far from obvious. Is your anti-virus conceivably interfering? Is >> the file unusually massive? Can rsync transfer a copy of the file made >> with dd? Can rsync transfer a copy of the file renamed? > > All though this may not be the case here but rsync over ssh is simply > unusable under cygwin for the most part. I've tried for years to get > it working reliably and its simply not possible I'm afraid.
Off the top of my head, I thought these sorts of problems usually cropped up only when transferring huge amounts of data or large file sets? OTOH that does suggest another question to the OP: does it make a difference whether you use rsync to pull this file or push it? cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/