> 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.
Thanks to all who replied. An upgrade to 2.4.6 did the trick, the
sync'ed fos samba pair now are using rsync. Great.
>
Ragnar
