I'm adding files to an existing tree via rsync -aO. Some of the directories on the remote are owned by a different user. I have rwx permissions on them but when rsync tries to set the permissions for those directories, it fails and exits with a non-zero status.
This is expected but it complicates error detection on my end. Is there a way to make rsync not consider it an error when chmod() fails on a directory owned by someone else ? Possibly warn about it, but still exit with a zero status. stat (destpathname, &deststat); if ((deststat.st_mode & mask) != (srcstat.st_mode & mask)) { if (chmod (pathname, srcstat.st_mode) != 0) { if (errno == EPERM && deststat.st_uid != geteuid () && option_ignore_non_owner) { /* Expected error - just warn about it */ ; } else { /* Unexpected error - fail */ exit_with_non_zero_status = 1; } } } -- André Majorel <URL:http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/> Do not use this account for regular correspondence. See the URL above for contact information. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html