It can do that in one of two ways: finish the current file, or back out
the current file. Finishing the current file may leave it running til the
next time rsync runs (assuming it'll run out of cron). Backing out the
current file is probably what you want. Would it make more sense (and I
don't know whether rsync currently supports this in the way I think of)
for rsync to back out the current file and exit gracefully if it received
a signal 15? This might be a functionality useful outside of the
environment you have in mind.
On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Allen, John L. wrote:
> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 08:39:17 -0400
> From: "Allen, John L." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: 'Dirk Markwardt' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: Need for an --operating-window feature ???
>
> A cron job is fine for starting it, but I want it to stop
> on its own if it finds itself running outside its allowed window.
> (Obviously this is only really needed when there is a huge
> amount of data to sync, or when the network is really slow.)
>
> John.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dirk Markwardt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 03:38
> To: Allen, John L.
> Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: Re: Need for an --operating-window feature ???
>
>
> Hello John,
>
> AJL> to have a --operating-window option where you could specify an
> AJL> allowed time of operation by indicating two endpoints, perhaps like
> this
>
> AJL> --operating-window 22:00-05:00
>
> AJL> where the times are given in HH:MM 24-hour military time.
>
> What about a cron-job ?
>
> at 22:00: chmod 755 /usr/bin/rsync
> at 05:00: chmod 644 /usr/bin/rsync
>
> Greetings
> Dirk
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>
>
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