Wow! Thanks for making it so easy. I will try that asap. Joe
> hello, > > I have patched my rsync with both patches, and it works well ! > Using git just for geting the source code is really easy and moreover > rsync > source code is not under git... See the project page where you can > download > the source code : http://rsync.samba.org/download.html > There is no risk to break your rsync when building your own you will have > a > new binary that will not replace your current one. It will depend on you > to > make an alias or not. In your script you will decide if you use your > current rsync (rsync -a...) or your new build binary > (/path/to/my/build/rsync - a ...) > > Here are the steps (adapt with the correct versions) : > > cd ~/my/working/directory > curl -O http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-3.0.7.tar.gz > tar -xzvf rsync-3.0.7.tar.gz > rm rsync-3.0.7.tar.gz > curl -O http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-patches-3.0.7.tar.gz > tar -xzvf rsync-patches-3.0.7.tar.gz > rm rsync-patches-3.0.7.tar.gz > cd rsync-3.0.7 > > patch -p1 <patches/detect-renamed.diff > patch -p1 <patches/detect-renamed-lax.diff > > Configure, make, install > > ./prepare-source > ./configure > make > > Benjamin ANDRE > > > > 2012/7/7 <jose...@main.nc.us> > >> Let us know if that ever gets merged into the official releases. I >> could >> use that feature. I download a lot of media files and when I normalize >> their names, rsync treats them as new files. >> >> At this point, I don't want to build my own rsync. I haven't learned >> git >> yet and have to be sure that I don't do anything to compromise rsync for >> the rest of my system. >> >> Joe >> >> > hello, >> > >> > a patch could help you in the case of a move or rename of a file : >> > >> > Patch : --detect-renamed >> > (1) match in size & modify-time (plus the basename, if possible) >> > (2) or match in size & checksum (when --checksum was also specified) >> and >> > use each match as an alternate basis file to speed up the transfer. >> > >> > >> http://gitweb.samba.org/?p=rsync-patches.git;a=blob;f=detect-renamed.diff;h=c3e6e846eab437e56e25e2c334e292996ee84345;hb=master >> > >> > Patch options : --detect-renamed-lax and --detect-moved >> > >> http://gitweb.samba.org/?p=rsync-patches.git;a=blob;f=detect-renamed-lax.diff;h=1ff593c8f97a97e8970d43ff5a62dfad5abddd75;hb=master >> > >> > >> > Benjamin ANDRE >> > >> > >> > >> > 2012/7/5 Matthias Schniedermeyer <m...@citd.de> >> > >> >> On 05.07.2012 09:26, Yan Seiner wrote: >> >> > Is it possible to tell rsync *not* to use file names, date stamps, >> etc >> >> and >> >> > only use the checksum for deciding if a file is the same? >> >> > >> >> > the remote machine "normalizes" a set of file names to remove all >> >> > punctuation marks and forces all file names to lower case. The >> files >> >> > themselves are unchanged. >> >> > >> >> > --checksum looks promising but it does not say anything about file >> >> names: >> >> > >> >> > -c, --checksum Skip based on checksum, not mod-time & >> >> size >> >> > >> >> > Can this be done? >> >> >> >> A workaround comes to mind. >> >> >> >> MD5/SHA1 (whatever) the files and hardlink them under that name into >> a >> >> (hidden) directory. >> >> >> >> Then when you rsync with "-H" those hardlinks (All files must be >> below >> >> the start-directory) make sure that rsync only has to delete/create >> >> hardlinks and not copy them again after it had copied it the first >> time. >> >> >> >> I use a similar method for a bunch of big files i have, i hardlink >> them >> >> into a hidden directory and when i move the files around rsync only >> >> deletes/creates hardlinks. When i move the files onto other storage i >> >> only need to do "find .z -type f -links 1" to find out which files >> only >> >> have 1 link. Which means all other hardlinks are gone and i can >> remove >> >> that file. ("find .z -type f -links 1 -delete") >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Bis denn >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Real Programmers consider "what you see is what you get" to be just >> as >> >> bad a concept in Text Editors as it is in women. No, the Real >> Programmer >> >> wants a "you asked for it, you got it" text editor -- complicated, >> >> cryptic, powerful, unforgiving, dangerous. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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 >> >> >> > -- >> > 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 >> >> >> > -- 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
