On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 21:19 +0800, Thomas Gutzler wrote: > I'm using the following command to move files from a to b: > rsync -avvvv --remove-source-files --ignore-existing /path/to/dir1/ > /path/to/dir2 >> logfile > dir2 isn't empty so I only move files from dir1 to dir2 that don't exist > already. > Every so often rsync stops in the middle and doesn't continue with the > result that I have to kill it.
> Any suggestions how to debug this so that I can find out what's going > on? Unfortunately I haven't found a way to reproduce it. Every time I > kill and execute the same command again, it works. The next time rsync hangs, before you kill it, attach gdb to each of the three rsync processes ("gdb /PATH/TO/rsync PID") and get a stack trace ("bt"). Wayne should have more suggestions for what information would be helpful for debugging. Matt -- 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