Agostino Russo writes: > I have a problem with rsync 2.6 protocol 27 (both client and server) > running over XP via Cygwin and sshd (on remote machine). It just hangs > almost randomly while transfering files after transfering a few > megabytes, not always on the same file. When the remote machine is a > Linux server I have no problems, bad news is I need also to rsync from > XP... I found the problem mentioned somewhere else doing a google > serach, see for instance: > > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-08/msg01065.html > > Which seems to be exactly the same issue, see the link for more info > about the situation. Unfortunately I wasn't able to find a solution so > far on the web. I was hoping that somebody here knows a way around this > problem (other than dropping XP :-)
I've never found rsync + ssh + cygwin to be reliable; your symptoms are the same as mine. I recommend using rsync in daemon mode with cygwin. Craig -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
