Hi, I frequently rsync larger files from my rented server to my PC. Sometimes I have to stop the rsync process and restart it a while after (e.g. I'm shutting down my PC for the night, ...), sometimes several times per source file. I like the two following features: (1) The unfinished files should stay in a own directory (I call it '.dl'). I'm talking here about the 'temp' and 'partial' file. (2) Finished files should be moved to a specific directory. (3) If an interrupted rsync process gets restarted the partial/temp files (in '.dl') should be used and changed in place.
I know I can get (1) and (2) by using the '--temp-dir' and '--partial-dir' options appropriately. (3) alone can be done using the '--inplace' option. However this options don't mix in the current rsync version. In my opinion this is because the '--inplace' option is taken to literary. Together with the '--partial-dir' option its meaning should change to: "Change the partial (or temp) file in place and move it once it is finished." I see no technical reason why this should not work out. The same could be done for the '--append' option. PS: At the moment I'm using the following to do the above: I rsync with '--inplace' directly into the '.dl' partial/temp directory, which takes care of (1) and (3). Once the files are finished a script is copying them into the final destination directory. This works but it is a little messy, because the script must figure out which files got rsync'ed. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/inplace-%28and-append%29-support-for-partial-dir-tp25752446p25752446.html Sent from the Samba - rsync mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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
