When I rsync a large directory (a few thousand files in multiple subdirectories), it has recently begun to hang and not return to me.
The system I am rsyncing from is relese 2.4.1, and the system I am rsyncing to is release 2.5.4. I am running on aix (both ends). I used to use the following: /usr/contrib/bin/rsync -vrace ssh --include-from $tmpFile --exclude "*" --rsync-path=/usr/local/binrsync $fromdir $toserver:$todir I am now using the following, and, while this fixed some of the hangs, I still have a couple large directories that are hanging (all files and directories are successfully written, but I do not get control back for 6 hours). /usr/contrib/bin/rsync -vrace ssh --rsync-path=/usr/local/binrsync $fromdir/ $toserver:$todir Why did my first invocation hang, and why is my 2nd invocation still hanging? Could it be a bug in either 2.4.1 or 2.5.4, or an incompatibility between the two? If I use --dry-run, it does not hang. It I use --timeout="600", it does not return control back to me after 10 minutes, and not evern after an hour. This is a huge directory: building file list ... done wrote 229184 bytes read 16 bytes 2400.00 bytes/sec total size is 105872465 speedup is 461.92 Sheri French IBM Enterprise Systems Group [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept 48Z, 020-3-J204, IBM, Rochester, MN phone: 1-507-253-3099, tieline: 8-553-3099 Build Team, AS400 Development Technologies -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
