Hi, I'm not a member of the list, but I think I've run across a (minor) bug. The rsync web page directed me to this list for bug reports. Anyway, I've described it below (including a simple test case with exact commands to reproduce and the output I get from those commands). I hope this helps. Let me know if any more information is needed.
Elijah P.S. If it isn't a bug, could someone describe to me why this is expected behavior? I asked the sysadmin about it and he says it looks like a bug to him. -- Description of problem -- Versions of rsync tested: 2.5.5, 2.5.6 Clear all write permissions on a directory. Use rsync to make a mirror of that directory (and perhaps other files and directories as well). Without making any changes to any file or directory that was just mirrored, immediately run rsync again (I do this often to verify that no changes have occurred when mirroring large directories with potentially open files--such as when I backup /home). All directories that are not writable--even though unchanged--will be sent again. [Note that unwritable files are not transferred again--this only occurs with directories]. -- Set of commands to reproduce problem -- mkdir -p temp1/some/set/of/subdirectories/ mkdir temp2 chmod -R a-w temp1/some/set/of rsync -av temp1/ temp2/ rsync -av temp1/ temp2/ -- Output from those commands -- # Note the 2nd rsync run and how unwritable directories are listed # again 1190 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mkdir -p temp1/some/set/of/subdirectories/ 1191 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mkdir temp2 1192 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ chmod -R a-w temp1/some/set/of 1193 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ rsync -av temp1/ temp2/ building file list ... done ./ some/ some/set/ some/set/of/ some/set/of/subdirectories/ wrote 127 bytes read 20 bytes 294.00 bytes/sec total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 1194 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ rsync -av temp1/ temp2/ building file list ... done some/set/of/ some/set/of/subdirectories/ wrote 127 bytes read 20 bytes 294.00 bytes/sec total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 1195 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Elijah Newren Internet: http://www.math.utah.edu/~newren [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tired of pop-up webpages when surfing the internet? Look at http://www.math.utah.edu/~newren/noPopUps.html for how to get rid of them without spending a penny. ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
