Re: patch to enable faster mirroring of large filesystems

2001-11-26 Thread Martin Pool
On 26 Nov 2001, "Andrew J. Schorr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I understand your point of view, but I think it is a mistake to > hold rsync's algorithm hostage to the directory tree traversal logic > built into the program. > IMHO, the basic file transfer algorithm of rsync is terrific, but > t

password file problem.

2001-11-26 Thread Matt Anderson
Hello everyone. I can't seem to get the --password-file= option to work correctly. I'm using ssh as the transport. I've got the file 0600 and only the password with no carriage return. Can someone provide an example of use. Here is my try: rsync -rtvvuz -e ssh --password-file= /home/matt/* r

Re: rsync-ing compressed archives

2001-11-26 Thread Dave Dykstra
On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 08:39:23PM +0100, Mauro Condarelli wrote: > Hi there! > I'm quite happily using rsync. > There is only one case where I couldn't figure out how to use it > efficently: > I sometimes have large compressed files (either .tar.gz or .zip) that > I need to keep synchronized. The

Re: --no-detach option?

2001-11-26 Thread Jos Backus
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 07:37:33PM +1100, Martin Pool wrote: > I'll apply something like Jos's patch, with a modification to not > create another bloody global variable but instead stick it in an > options struct. Good idea. Btw, Openssh also uses structs to pass options around. > People who wor

Re: Authenticating the rsync server

2001-11-26 Thread tim . conway
ssh has provisions for just such considerations. You can let it do only rsync. I can't remember exactly the way to say it, but i'll bet somebody on this list does. ++from man sshd+++ AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT The $HOME/.ssh/author

Re: Find similarity between local and remote file before transferring

2001-11-26 Thread Dave Dykstra
On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 03:22:02PM +0100, Niels Andersen wrote: > For two different reasons, I've been thinking about how to find out how much > data there would have to be transferred to update the local file,or how > similar the local and remote files are. > > Reason one: > I'm working on a fro

Re: Password-less daemon or rsh setup

2001-11-26 Thread Dave Dykstra
On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 04:52:02PM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm new to rsync and trying to configure it to run through either the daemon > or rsh (ssh is not avalilable). Doing an 'rlogin production' results in a > password prompt - which I want rid of, as we're basically going to have a

Request for an rsync-announce mailing list

2001-11-26 Thread Marc Stephenson
Howdy, It would be nice if there was a low-volume rsync-announce mailing list for announcements of new releases and security-related information. This would help casual users keep current on rsync without the relatively high volume generated on the rsync list. Just a suggestion. -- Marc Ste

Re: patch to enable faster mirroring of large filesystems

2001-11-26 Thread Andrew J. Schorr
On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 03:21:51AM +1100, Martin Pool wrote: > On 20 Nov 2001, Dave Dykstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > And, by the way, even if the batch stuff accomplishes the same performance > > > gains, I would still argue that the "--files-from" type of behavior > > > that I implemen

Re: --no-detach option?

2001-11-26 Thread Martin Pool
On 23 Nov 2001, Andre Pang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 03:05:32PM -0800, Jos Backus wrote: > > > How about adding a --no-detach option (to be used in combination with > > supervise? If there's interest I'll provide a patch. Yes, this is great. I wanted it today when try