On Sun, 2008-06-01 at 13:18 -0400, Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2008-05-31 at 18:16 -0400, Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote: > > > > That would be --only-write-batch. > > > =20 > > > Hrm, so it does.... But creates a $FILE.sh filename. Any > > > way to prevent that part? > > > > No. If you don't want the $FILE.sh, just delete it. > > > > It needs to be able to write it first......
Right... > FreeBSD: > > himinbjorg# touch /dev/null.sh > touch: /dev/null.sh: Operation not supported > > Not so good, but...... > > Linux: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# touch /dev/null.sh > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# ls -l /dev/null.sh > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 1 13:13 /dev/null.sh > > Thats ok... The first system I need to > implement it on is a Linux, so I guess it won't be an > issue, but the next is a FreeBSD.. Maybe if I just do : > > himinbjorg# ln -s /dev/null b > himinbjorg# ls -l b > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9 Jun 1 13:16 b -> /dev/null > himinbjorg# cat /boot/kernel >b > himinbjorg# ls -l b > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9 Jun 1 13:16 b -> /dev/null > > That way its not inside the /dev directory... > I don't know if rsync does anything special with the > file presented in --only-write-batch, but if it just > opens for write, then shouldn't be an issue. That's precisely what I would have suggested. Rsync just opens the batch file for writing. Matt
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