I get the same exact results on redhat 7.3 and redhat 8.0 so I dont think it is a redhat issue. Also if I use an earlier version of rsync (version 2.3.4), then I still get the same problem, but it doesn't crash as quickly as the 2.5.6 version.
--- Hardy Merrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FYI - RHL 6.1 is no longer supported - from a Red > Hat > perspective that is :-( See the Red Hat "Errata: > Security > Alerts, Bugfixes, and Enhancements" page here > > http://www.redhat.com/apps/support/errata/ > > You may indeed get help here since this list is an > rsync > list. If I knew what your problem might be I'd try > to > help you myself, but I don't so hopefully someone > else will > chime in with some ideas for you to try. > > One question I do have is what version of rsync is > running on the ftp server? Also, if you know the > exact > file it gets stuck on, how big is that file? > > -- > Hardy Merrill > Red Hat, Inc. > > Zachary Denison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am using rsync 2.5.6 on redhat linux 6.1 with > 1gb > > ram. What I would like to do is mirror a > directory on > > the server to another server for backup purposes. > The > > server is an ftp server and the main directory in > > question is 77GB consisting of 391000 > subdirectories > > and files. when I run rsync with the following > > command: > > > > /usr/bin/rsync -av --rsh=ssh --stats --progress > > --rsync-path=/usr/bin/rsync --delete --force > > --exclude=logs/ /ftpfs/ 10.10.1.237:/ftpfs/ > > > > it starts to transmit some files and then gets > stuck. > > Actually now it is stuck on one file and every > time I > > run it it it "freezes" as it is transmitting the > file: > > as in the example below: > > > > 196608 22% 629.92kB/s 0:00:01 > > > > then it just hangs.. > > > > I have 1gb of ram in the machine so it shouldn't > be a > > lack of memory issue. I would greatly appreciate > any > > ideas. thank you.. > > > > Zach. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html