Re: (cw)rsync 3.0.0 incompatible with 2.6.9

2008-03-12 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 20:57 +0100, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Matt McCutchen wrote: > > 3. Have cwRsync 3.0.0 users pass RSYNC_ICONV=- or --no-iconv . > > That's what has been suggested by Tevfik Karagülle, but it's ugly as > it cannot be written in a portable way. (

Can a rsync server use MySQL for authentication

2008-03-12 Thread Robert Fargher
Hi folks, I'm considering setting up a commercial backup service. I've already got ProFTPd set up to do secure FTP with remote users authenticating via a MySQL lookup. What I'd like to know is if I can do the same thing with rsync? Specifically, can I run rsync as a daemon that permits s

Re: (cw)rsync 3.0.0 incompatible with 2.6.9

2008-03-12 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Matt McCutchen wrote: > On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 16:02 +0100, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > I have updated the windows binary for rsync to 3.0.0 (cwrsync), and > > now I get the following error: > > > > receiving file list ... rsync: on remote machine: --iconv=.: unkno

seeding

2008-03-12 Thread Craig Beasland
Hi, If I have a 50GB file to sync over the internet, can I copy the file manually to the destination first (USB disk or such) and then use rsync for the subsequent changes? If not, is there another method? Cheers Craig -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo

RE: (cw)rsync 3.0.0 incompatible with 2.6.9

2008-03-12 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 17:11 +0100, Tevfik Karagülle wrote: > I am a little bit confused now. What's best ? An rsync with iconv enabled or > not ? > > I thought that iconv support could be useful to handle file names with > foreign characters. However, I see now that an iconv-enabled rsync has som

Re: (cw)rsync 3.0.0 incompatible with 2.6.9

2008-03-12 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 16:02 +0100, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > I have updated the windows binary for rsync to 3.0.0 (cwrsync), and > now I get the following error: > > receiving file list ... rsync: on remote machine: --iconv=.: unknown option > rsync error: requested action not supported (code 4) at

(cw)rsync 3.0.0 incompatible with 2.6.9

2008-03-12 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Hello, This seems like rather serious issue to me. I have updated the windows binary for rsync to 3.0.0 (cwrsync), and now I get the following error: receiving file list ... rsync: on remote machine: --iconv=.: unknown option rsync error: requested action not supported (code 4) at clientserver.c

Re: tired of typing long paths

2008-03-12 Thread Tim Brody
Neal Becker wrote: rsync /usr/share/xemacs/blah/bla dest:/usr/share/same/long/path/here Wouldn't it be nice to have an option to just say: rsync --same-path /some/long/local/path dest: FOO=/usr/share/xemacs/same/long/path rsync $FOO dest:$FOO ?? Cheers, Tim. -- To unsubscribe or change op

Re: tired of typing long paths

2008-03-12 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 08:25 -0400, Neal Becker wrote: > rsync /usr/share/xemacs/blah/bla dest:/usr/share/same/long/path/here > > Wouldn't it be nice to have an option to just say: > > rsync --same-path /some/long/local/path dest: Two ways to do this: 1. Use --relative (but this may affect ancho

tired of typing long paths

2008-03-12 Thread Neal Becker
rsync /usr/share/xemacs/blah/bla dest:/usr/share/same/long/path/here Wouldn't it be nice to have an option to just say: rsync --same-path /some/long/local/path dest: -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr