how rsync works

2003-10-26 Thread jw schultz
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 03:49:45AM -0700, jw schultz wrote: > > Aside from numerous other weaknesses that have crept into > the manpage i do note that there doesn't seem to be any > point where it is mentioned that rsync replaces destination > files rather than updating them in-place. I'm not sur

rsyncing fifos and sockets on FreeBSD

2003-10-26 Thread Dominik Brettnacher
Hi there, I already asked the list about the problems with sockets on FreeBSD (see here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg08121.html). I adopted Andrew Flury's patch to the recent CVS version of rsync: Index: rsync.h ==

too long a gap between releases

2003-10-26 Thread Marc Espie
I just glanced at recent rsync messages, and saw the patch from derMouse together with the rebuffal. Folks, there is a problem. Patches such as this are *critical* for portability, especially on 64 bits systems and exotic architectures. What derMouse did was give you important portability fixes.