Hello, Yes I ran exclusive testing:
Checking source (/mnt/miracle): navi:/mnt# fsck.jfs -f /dev/sda1 fsck.jfs version 1.1.12, 24-Aug-2007 processing started: 12/5/2009 16.11.38 The current device is: /dev/sda1 Block size in bytes: 4096 Filesystem size in blocks: 244190000 **Phase 0 - Replay Journal Log **Phase 1 - Check Blocks, Files/Directories, and Directory Entries **Phase 2 - Count links **Phase 3 - Duplicate Block Rescan and Directory Connectedness **Phase 4 - Report Problems **Phase 5 - Check Connectivity **Phase 6 - Perform Approved Corrections **Phase 7 - Rebuild File/Directory Allocation Maps **Phase 8 - Rebuild Disk Allocation Maps 976760000 kilobytes total disk space. 13986 kilobytes in 2316 directories. 766065198 kilobytes in 29268 user files. 1532 kilobytes in extended attributes 212356 kilobytes reserved for system use. 210494900 kilobytes are available for use. Filesystem is clean. navi:/mnt# Wiping the target (/mnt/storage) filesystem: navi:/mnt# mkfs.jfs /dev/mapper/void-helix mkfs.jfs version 1.1.12, 24-Aug-2007 Warning! All data on device /dev/mapper/void-helix will be lost! Continue? (Y/N) y \ Format completed successfully. 976748544 kilobytes total disk space. navi:/mnt# fsck.jfs -f /dev/mapper/void-helix fsck.jfs version 1.1.12, 24-Aug-2007 processing started: 12/5/2009 16.25.53 The current device is: /dev/mapper/void-helix Block size in bytes: 4096 Filesystem size in blocks: 244187136 **Phase 0 - Replay Journal Log **Phase 1 - Check Blocks, Files/Directories, and Directory Entries **Phase 2 - Count links **Phase 3 - Duplicate Block Rescan and Directory Connectedness **Phase 4 - Report Problems **Phase 5 - Check Connectivity **Phase 6 - Perform Approved Corrections **Phase 7 - Rebuild File/Directory Allocation Maps **Phase 8 - Rebuild Disk Allocation Maps 976748544 kilobytes total disk space. 0 kilobytes in 1 directories. 0 kilobytes in 0 user files. 0 kilobytes in extended attributes 182256 kilobytes reserved for system use. 976566288 kilobytes are available for use. Filesystem is clean. navi:/mnt# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/miracle navi:/mnt# mount /dev/mapper/void-helix /mnt/storage/ navi:/mnt# mount /dev/sda1 on /mnt/miracle type jfs (rw) /dev/mapper/void-helix on /mnt/storage type jfs (rw) navi:/mnt# cp "/mnt/miracle/./waffcd/music/Moving Past The Boundaries/Negative Format - 07 Momentum.flac" /mnt/storage/ navi:/mnt# cksum "/mnt/miracle/./waffcd/music/Moving Past The Boundaries/Negative Format - 07 Momentum.flac" 2863733908 34132620 /mnt/miracle/./waffcd/music/Moving Past The Boundaries/Negative Format - 07 Momentum.flac navi:/mnt# cksum /mnt/storage/Negative\ Format\ -\ 07\ Momentum.flac 2863733908 34132620 /mnt/storage/Negative Format - 07 Momentum.flac navi:/mnt# mkdir /mnt/storage/bar navi:/mnt# rsync --verbose --sparse --append-verify --fuzzy --progress --stats --recursive --times --delete "/mnt/miracle/./waffcd/music/Moving Past The Boundaries/Negative Format - 07 Momentum.flac" /mnt/storage/bar sending incremental file list Negative Format - 07 Momentum.flac 34132620 100% 23.79MB/s 0:00:01 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1) Number of files: 1 Number of files transferred: 1 Total file size: 34132620 bytes Total transferred file size: 34132620 bytes Literal data: 34132620 bytes Matched data: 0 bytes File list size: 49 File list generation time: 0.001 seconds File list transfer time: 0.000 seconds Total bytes sent: 34136885 Total bytes received: 31 sent 34136885 bytes received 31 bytes 13654766.40 bytes/sec total size is 34132620 speedup is 1.00 navi:/mnt# cksum /mnt/storage/bar/Negative\ Format\ -\ 07\ Momentum.flac 2863733908 34132620 /mnt/storage/bar/Negative Format - 07 Momentum.flac Works fine, eh? Well let's see how the real thing goes: Well I don't want to cksum the whole thing again as I have done it two times already, and my slow controller (SiL 3114) and G4 powerpc cpu (7447) are bit slowing doing that, so I assume partitial check is ok: Hitting ^C. Stops here: music/1998 - Cathedron/Sephiroth - 01 - Wolftribes.flac 32768 0% 78.82kB/s 0:06:10 ^C rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at rsync.c(541) [sender=3.0.3] rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 97 bytes [generator]: Broken pipe (32) Checksuming the files I copied: navi:/mnt/storage# find ./ -type f > ../storage.txt navi:/mnt/storage# foreach i ( "`cat ../storage.txt`" ) foreach? cksum "$i" >> ../storage.cksum.txt foreach? end Comparing checksums (the one I canceled might fail ofcourse): navi:/mnt/storage# cd .. navi:/mnt# wc -l storage.txt 223 storage.txt navi:/mnt# head -n 223 miracle.cksums.txt > bar navi:/mnt# diff storage.cksum.txt bar | wc -l 182 ... 213,215c213,215 < 2249859435 41520924 ./music/1992 - How to Destroy Angels/04 - Tectonic Plates.flac < 1562355406 26647298 ./music/1992 - How to Destroy Angels/05 - Dismal Orb.flac < 4252661771 56535930 ./music/1992 - How to Destroy Angels/06 - How to Destroy Angels II.flac --- > 1965594369 41520924 ./music/1992 - How to Destroy Angels/04 - Tectonic > Plates.flac > 3734256630 26647298 ./music/1992 - How to Destroy Angels/05 - Dismal Orb.flac > 667032915 56535930 ./music/1992 - How to Destroy Angels/06 - How to Destroy > Angels II.flac ... Few last lines from diff. Let's try the cp: navi:/mnt# cp "/mnt/miracle/./music/1992 - How to Destroy Angels/06 - How to Destroy Angels II.flac" /mnt/storage/ navi:/mnt# cksum "/mnt/miracle/./music/1992 - How to Destroy Angels/06 - How to Destroy Angels II.flac" 667032915 56535930 /mnt/miracle/./music/1992 - How to Destroy Angels/06 - How to Destroy Angels II.flac navi:/mnt# cksum /mnt/storage/06\ -\ How\ to\ Destroy\ Angels\ II.flac 667032915 56535930 /mnt/storage/06 - How to Destroy Angels II.flac -Mikko 2009/12/5 Matt McCutchen <m...@mattmccutchen.net>: > On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 18:21 +0200, kordex - wrote: >> I just rsync'd my 1TB partitions formated with jfs filesystem >> containing ~720GB data. I saw -3G difference between source and >> destination which made me suspect possible dataloss. Also I had >> experienced loss of integrity on my previous copies but I did not find >> the cause until now. >> >> As command line I used following: >> sh-3.2# rsync --verbose --sparse --append-verify --fuzzy --progress >> --stats --recursive --times --delete /mnt/miracle /mnt/storage > >> As we all know the second field of output from cksum is the size: so >> the size matches but the content does not. > > OK... can you reproduce the problem by copying some of the source files > to a different place on the destination filesystem, or on a different > filesystem? What if you use cp instead of rsync? Have you run fsck on > the source and destination filesystems? > >> This maybe due fuzzy option but append-verify should (?) confirm that >> the already existing data matches the appended one (?). > > Yes, when a file transfer is performed. If the destination already has > a file that passes the quick check with the source file, no file > transfer is performed. In that case, consider --ignore-times to disable > the quick check. > > -- > 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