On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 12:45 -0800, Wayne Davison wrote: > On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 12:10:05PM -0800, Dan Stromberg wrote: > > Is there any precedent for rsync creating 0 length files that should've > > had content in them? > > Are you using 2.6.3? Older rsync versions did not check the return of > the close() call, which could result in lost information if a disk (or > per-user quota) filled up. The latest rsync should not do that. > > ..wayne..
We've changed our rsync versions over time. We're using 2.6.3 for all of our rsync's now, but it's possible some of us (read: IBM staff) may have used an older one. If a close were to fail, wouldn't that normally mean that you just wouldn't get the last block sync'd out to disk, rather than an entire multi-K or multi-M file would be 0 length? Thanks! -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
