On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 02:30:04PM -0700, Wayne Davison wrote: > That's what the --partial option indicates, though it does move the > partial file into place awaiting the next transfer (it does not auto- > resume).
..and would crash the box if that was an OS file... This has been discussed before: is there any intention of a "new improved" "--partial" option whereby any failed uploads are kept as temp files (e.g. maybe with ".rsync-partial/" subdirs?), and restarted on next try? That would completely solve that problem... We use rsync to replicate files between Linux and Windows over tempermental WAN links, and it grates that we can't use the "--partial" as the final file must either be out of date or up to date - not "corrupt". I know this sort of thing can be kludged with mixtures of "--temp-dir" and ssh to move-on-completely - but that is definitely a kludge and assumes you have (or want!) ssh access onto the rsync server. -- Cheers Jason Haar Information Security Manager, Trimble Navigation Ltd. Phone: +64 3 9635 377 Fax: +64 3 9635 417 PGP Fingerprint: 7A2E 0407 C9A6 CAF6 2B9F 8422 C063 5EBB FE1D 66D1 -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
