I get the same thing when I use Rsync on BSD/OS 4.2 to mirror two hard
drives.
If there are a lot of files, it will get stuck and then I usually have to
CTRL+C it and start again.
The machine has plenty of RAM and free space.
- Vinay Bharel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Ragnar [iso-8859-1] Wisløff wrote:
> Hello list members,
>
> I've come up against an rsync problem which I hope someone here can
> help me with.
>
> Running rsync to transfer a relatively large number of files causes
> rsync to freeze during transfer. I'm running rsync from the command
> line, no daemon or any such stuff. This is the command:
>
> # rsync -a -e ssh /usr2 rmach:/smach --verbose --stat
>
> There is no error message, the transfer just stops. There is plenty of
> space on the receiving machine. I've tried running rsync through
> strace, and the message when transfer stops is:
>
> select(5, [NULL], 4, [NULL], {60,0}) = 0 (timeout)
>
> The file rsync stops at varies, there seems to be no pattern with e.g.
> the files being open. No memory problems, no inode-problems, no
> max-files problems.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Ragnar Wisløff
> Linuxlabs AS
> Oslo, Norway
>
>
