Re: Inadequate error checking in rsync 2.5.5

2003-09-15 Thread jw schultz
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 01:59:37PM -0700, jw schultz wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 01:41:51PM -0700, David Norwood wrote: > > > > Okay, with this patch I now get error messages, but it still creates > > null > > > > filled output files. I guess that is what you meant by "the behavior is > > the

Re: readdir() and read() errors ignored

2003-09-15 Thread jw schultz
Committed. On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 03:48:32PM -0700, jw schultz wrote: > On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 10:51:20AM +0100, Michael Brown wrote: > > > > A similar error can occur when open() succeeds but subsequent calls to > > > > read() fail: under these circumstances rsync will transfer zeroes instead

Re: Rsync and filename codepages

2003-09-15 Thread Dylan Cuthbert
Hi there These are the kind of error reports I get from my cron job running rsync: (the filenames show up as perfectly ok japanese filenames in this mail and when I browse the linux harddisk via samba) stat ntprofile/shin/Favorites/ : No such file or directory mkstemp ntprofile/shin/Favorites

Re: Rsync and filename codepages

2003-09-15 Thread jw schultz
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 11:07:21AM +0900, Dylan Cuthbert wrote: > Hi there, > > I am running rsync in server mode on linux (redhat 8) and I am running > cygwin (latest version) on a mixture of win2k and winxp machines for > Japanese users. > > When I Rsync from windows rsync complains about a no.

Rsync and filename codepages

2003-09-15 Thread Dylan Cuthbert
Hi there, I am running rsync in server mode on linux (redhat 8) and I am running cygwin (latest version) on a mixture of win2k and winxp machines for Japanese users. When I Rsync from windows rsync complains about a no. of Japanese filenames (not all of them) and this is due,

Re: rsyncing fifos and sockets on FreeBSD

2003-09-15 Thread jw schultz
On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 10:18:07AM +0200, Dominik Brettnacher wrote: > On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, jw schultz wrote: > > > The patch won't be effective with the current codebase. I > > would be inclined to accept a patch that did the fifo. It > > will take more pursuading for the sockets. > > What is

Re: rsyncing fifos and sockets on FreeBSD

2003-09-15 Thread Dominik Brettnacher
On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, jw schultz wrote: > The patch won't be effective with the current codebase. I > would be inclined to accept a patch that did the fifo. It > will take more pursuading for the sockets. What is the problem with Andrew's approach? -- Dominik "A good piece of technology dream

Re: error from rsync2.5.6

2003-09-15 Thread Dave Barstow
Jennifer, I recall getting some error like this when I setup rsync on Solaris 9. I'd recommed the following: 1. Check the rsync version is the same at both ends. 2. Use option --rsync-path to tell rsync where its friend keeps the binary. 3. Check your runtime library path with crle command at bo