Re: Chance of equal checksum and changing blocks

2009-01-22 Thread lewis butler
On 22-Jan-2009, at 02:43, David de Lama wrote: Hi @all! I have two questions: - First, am I right that the chance of getting the same 32-bit rolling checksum is 1/2^16 Depends on the algorithm. Most 32bit algorithms are not really 1: (2^16)-1 and to get the same 128-bit MD5 Hash is 1/2^

Re: Rsync with OS X 10.3

2009-01-22 Thread Jason
Hi All Again, Both patches to deal with the colon to slash conversion work. I used the rsync arguments of -aNxH I mistyped my x. The results now as expected. Verifying:basic-permissions ... ok (Critical) Verifying: timestamps ... ok (Critical) Verifying: symlinks ... o

Re: Chance of equal checksum and changing blocks

2009-01-22 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 10:43 +0100, David de Lama wrote: > - First, am I right that the chance of getting the same 32-bit rolling > checksum is 1/2^16 and to get the same 128-bit MD5 Hash is 1/2^127? You might know something I don't, but I would expect the collision probability to be 1/2^32 for 32

DO NOT REPLY [Bug 6062] [FMR]: Add an option to terminate rsync after a specific time

2009-01-22 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6062 --- Comment #3 from iwbb@gmail.com 2009-01-22 10:25 CST --- I have created a google code project containing the script. Feel free to submit this to the distribution support/ dir as I am unable to do so. http://lrsync.googlecode.com

DO NOT REPLY [Bug 6062] [FMR]: Add an option to terminate rsync after a specific time

2009-01-22 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6062 --- Comment #2 from iwbb@gmail.com 2009-01-22 09:00 CST --- I guess no benefit if there is a place I can make a contribution. How do I go about adding my wrapper to the support/ dir? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.samba.o

DO NOT REPLY [Bug 6062] [FMR]: Add an option to terminate rsync after a specific time

2009-01-22 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6062 --- Comment #1 from m...@mattmccutchen.net 2009-01-22 08:49 CST --- What is the benefit of building this feature into rsync compared to using a wrapper script (which you could contribute to the support/ dir of the distribution)? -- Co

DO NOT REPLY [Bug 6061] [FMR]: Add an option to only delete files once they expire

2009-01-22 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6061 m...@mattmccutchen.net changed: What|Removed |Added Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution|

Chance of equal checksum and changing blocks

2009-01-22 Thread David de Lama
Hi @all! I have two questions: - First, am I right that the chance of getting the same 32-bit rolling checksum is 1/2^16 and to get the same 128-bit MD5 Hash is 1/2^127? - Finally I want two know if it is possible to change an amount of blocks manually? e.g. I made a 100 MB file with "dd if=/

Re: Should posters be required to join the list?

2009-01-22 Thread Daniel Maher
macuserfr wrote: I'm not always subscribed on the list because of the amont of mail with no interest (for me) that I receive. When I'm expecting a reply (like now) I subscribe again to make sure I receive it without looking in the web archive frequently. If the new model is as Matt describes,

Re: Rsync with OS X 10.3

2009-01-22 Thread macuserfr
Hi Jason, You may try this patch ( http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync@lists.samba.org/msg23276.html ) instead of the one I gave you about colon to slash conversion. You may not see the difference but it's supposed to use less memory and should be as fast as the other patch. For the Backup

Re: Should posters be required to join the list? (was: Bad habits)

2009-01-22 Thread macuserfr
Le 22 janv. 09 à 04:47, Matt McCutchen a écrit : On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 11:52 -0400, Matt McCutchen wrote: Why are non members even allowed to post to the list? Why shouldn't they be? In my view, subscription to the list just indicates a personal preference to receive all the mail because on

DO NOT REPLY [Bug 6062] New: [FMR]: Add an option to terminate rsync after a specific time

2009-01-22 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6062 Summary: [FMR]: Add an option to terminate rsync after a specific time Product: rsync Version: 3.0.4 Platform: x86 OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: en