> A different Kyle wrote: > I have a situation that requires the files that rsync is > uploading/downloading to be locked. The reason is because it is possible > to have more than one copy of rsync running and without file locking, > the additional copies simply retry to upload/download a file that a > previous copy is already working on.
>> The way I solved this problem for a data-mirroring system was to use a >> small wrapper script that ensures only one invocation of rsync is ever >> running at one time. This proved to be a robust solution for our situation. >> --Kyle Thanks for the idea but I sometimes need more than one copy to run at the same time so that won't work. File locking is about the only option I can see. Thank you. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
