On 8 Jul 2002, Dave Dykstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The idea of the rsync client executing programs has been descussed before > and rejected because it could easily be done by an external program if > rsync simply passes it filenames. The only case I can see for having rsync > execute programs is in the daemon; that was once approved in principle but > nobody every implemented it. > > What we need, have long wanted, and even once had someone volunteer for > (but it was never completed), is a major upgrade to the --log-format option > to allow a lot more flexibility in what gets printed, and to have it work > consistently with and without --dry-run. This would work too with lots of > files because the names get streamed out as they're processed. See for > example the thread around > http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/rsync/1999-January/000954.html
I'm pretty sure I'm with Dave on this. I think it would be reasonable when over ssh to have a way to run a script on the remote machine, and have that script also get a copy of the log. -- Martin -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
