Re: [rsync@b] Re: rsync 2.5.6 globbing bug

2003-08-04 Thread Alan Burlison
r (the whole of CPAN), directory at a time. The largest directory contained 1645 entries. There were no problems. -- Alan Burlison -- *** proto.h.origSun Aug 3 16:20:03 2003 --- proto.h Sun Aug 3 23:34:36 2003 *** *** 252,258 int name_to_uid(char *name, uid_t *uid);

Re: rsync 2.5.6 timeout bug

2003-08-02 Thread Alan Burlison
ync client or server, so something within the firewall conplex is timing out and dropping the connection. Bah. Anyway, many thanks for the help and suggestions, at least I now have definitive proof of what the problem is. -- Alan Burlison -- -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.or

Re: [rsync@b] Re: rsync 2.5.6 globbing bug

2003-08-01 Thread Alan Burlison
ly in this case when the underlying glob implemetation works just fine with > 1000 files. -- Alan Burlison -- -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Re: rsync 2.5.6 timeout bug

2003-08-01 Thread Alan Burlison
Alan Burlison wrote: That is what really happens. The client specified timeout is passed over the wire for use by the server but if the server has a value specified in rsyncd.conf that value will override the client. OK, right - thanks for the clarification. Still leaves me with the puzzle of

Re: rsync 2.5.6 globbing bug

2003-07-31 Thread Alan Burlison
. "Argument list too long" would be appropriate. Fixing it would be even nicer :-) -- Alan Burlison -- -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Re: rsync 2.5.6 timeout bug

2003-07-31 Thread Alan Burlison
ne), but thanks for the suggestion anyway. -- Alan Burlison -- -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Re: rsync 2.5.6 globbing bug

2003-07-31 Thread Alan Burlison
h work has been done in Solaris in this area to improve performance (particulary for /var/mail dirs for big ISPs) -- Alan Burlison -- -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Re: rsync 2.5.6 globbing bug

2003-07-30 Thread Alan Burlison
t so often, and in addition I'm happy to submit a patch, so minimal work is involved for anyone else. -- Alan Burlison -- -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

rsync 2.5.6 timeout bug

2003-07-30 Thread Alan Burlison
y to fix these problems if someone can confirm that I'm on the right track and my understanding is correct. I'm currently completely unable to use rsync to reliably mirror CPAN to the inside of our corporate firewall, so I have a strong vested interest in fixing these issues. Once

Re: rsync 2.5.6 globbing bug

2003-07-30 Thread Alan Burlison
jw schultz wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 10:44:37PM +0100, Alan Burlison wrote: $ rsync -auv \ ftp.funet.fi::CPAN/modules/by-category/05_Networking_Devices_IPC/Net/* . \ | grep -v MOTD: Cockpit error. This isn't DOS. Don't use * when you want the all directory contents.

rsync 2.5.6 globbing bug

2003-07-30 Thread Alan Burlison
reply direct as I'm not ton the mailing list, Thanks, -- Alan Burlison -- -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html