Hi, SSH-tunneling instead of built-in rsync ssh-capability works also quite well. Have a look at http://www.itefix.no/phpws/index.php?module=faq&FAQ_op=view&FAQ_id=26 for an example.
Rgrds Tev > > "jim" writes: > > > > > Thanks for the additional info. > > > > > > I actually have tried the --no-blocking-io option, but the sync > > > still hung. > > > > > > Since no one on Unix-like platforms are reporting an issue, do you > > > think it may be something in the Cygwin compatibility layer? > > > > > Yes, I think so. When I tried to debug this some time ago with rsync > > over ssh using cygwin I found that data that was flushed by one end's > > rsync never arrived at the other end: the other end was still blocked > > on select. I presume that somewhere between rsync/ssh/cygwin, and > > cygwin/ssh/rsync on the other end, some buffer was not getting flushed > > properly. I don't know anything about cygwin internals, so I didn't > > look at this further. > > > > If its worth it, I too was getting hangs with rsync and cygwin (latest > release of both). I now actually run rsync over stunnel under windows : > > http://www.stunnel.org/examples/rsync_mike.html > > This seems to work quite well, with no more hangs I have seen :) > > Hope this can be of some help. > > Regards, > > Paul Arch > > > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
