Re: --human-readable and --out-format %l

2009-02-16 Thread Wayne Davison
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 09:29:38PM -0600, Kent Vander Velden wrote: > Is there an alternative format type that lists the file length in a > human readable format, perhaps optionally if --human-readable is > specified? No, nothing like that currently exists. The master branch in git (that will bec

--human-readable and --out-format %l

2009-02-16 Thread Kent Vander Velden
Concerning rsync 3.0.5 on Fedora 10: The improved readability of --stats when --human-readable is specified is great, but --human-readable does not seem to effect the %l format type for --out-format. Is there an alternative format type that lists the file length in a human readable format, perhap

Re: Renamed files and directories

2009-02-16 Thread henri
There is a project called link-backup which may be worth a look. I am not sure if this will help you at all, but check it out. All the best. Hope this helps. What is the current status of both rename-patches ? Are there alternative measures ? Frequently users reorganise directories and files.

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

2009-02-16 Thread Wayne Davison
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 09:29:11AM -0800, Wayne Davison wrote: > I have decided that we'll try running the list that way and see how > we like it Sadly, the rejection mails are way too cryptic to be useful. I will ask the samba folks if they will consider upgrading to a newer version of mailman t

Re: --password-file

2009-02-16 Thread lewis butler
On 16-Feb-2009, at 01:18, Wayne Davison wrote: On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 05:08:36AM -0700, lewis butler wrote: This tells everyone the exact length of each password The docs should actually say that everything after the first line of the file is ignored. So, feel free to add any text you like a

rsync 3.0.5 - ERROR: buffer overflow in recv_file_entry [generator]

2009-02-16 Thread dragy
Hi, Rsync 3.0.5 on both sides. receiver is Open Solaris and sender is Linux. I got a nested directory - relatively depth but still it should work. It fails instead. sending daemon args: --server --sender -vvlWHogDtpre.is --ignore-errors --numeric-ids --inplace . TEST/ receiving incremental file

Renamed files and directories

2009-02-16 Thread N.J. van der Horn (Nico)
What is the current status of both rename-patches ? Are there alternative measures ? Frequently users reorganise directories and files. Recently a directory of 40GB was renamed... It took 3 weeks to re-copy all over an ADSL-link. I have followed the last couple of years the postings, and realise

Re: --password-file

2009-02-16 Thread Wayne Davison
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 05:08:36AM -0700, lewis butler wrote: > This tells everyone the exact length of each password The docs should actually say that everything after the first line of the file is ignored. So, feel free to add any text you like after that. I'll improve the man page to get this