rsync problem with symbolic links on Cygwin

on Cygwin. The Linux rsync daemon is running rsync 2.6.9. Thanks, John Neil nvpublic -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Re: Restoring from backup, preserving uids

Wayne Davison wrote: On Sat, Aug 02, 2008 at 08:26:47AM -0500, Neil Gunton wrote: However if I reinstall Linux, and try to restore from the backup hard drive, the owner permissions get all mixed up, I assume since the numeric uids don't match up with the equivalent usernames any more.

Re: Restoring from backup, preserving uids

Matt McCutchen wrote: On Sat, 2008-08-02 at 08:26 -0500, Neil Gunton wrote: I think rsync could match up the "old" uids from the backup with the "current" uids in the system if it had access to the old /etc/passwd file, which maps the uids to usernames. So would it be a g

Restoring from backup, preserving uids

file, in order to match up the uids in the source dir to the ones in the destination? Destination would be assumed to use the current passwd, of course. This would help map the old uids to the new ones. Does that make any sense? Thanks! Neil -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid o

Re: rsync 2.6.9 error copying files containing '::' ?

On Jul 24, 2007, at 1:33 PM, Matt McCutchen wrote: On 7/24/07, John Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: rsync 2.6.9 appears to have a problem syncing files that contain '::' in their filename. I ran into this set of errors recently: [jneil-pc:fermi1/hw/fermi1_gf100][162]>

rsync 2.6.9 error copying files containing '::' ?

e rsync errors went away. I looked through the rsync bug database and didn't see any entries on this subject. I can't try rsync 3.0 since I don't have admin rights on the rsync server. Anybody know if this a known issue? Thanks, John Neil -- To unsubscribe or change opti

batch mode typo in rsync.1

rgvs /bdest/dir/ - Neil -- 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: Improving the rsync protocol (RE: Rsync dies)

g code could be reused to provide intial implementations of each of the components? Refactoring anyone? (Have I used enough Software Engineering buzzwords yet or what? Ack.) So, the overall goal would be to increase reliability and to encourage third party auditing/reimplementation by providing (concept

RE: rsync hanging (Sun -> AIX)

INTS); /*xxx*/ ^ cc: Error: lib/getaddrinfo.c, line 353: In this statement, "EAI_PROTOCOL" is not declared. (undeclared) ERR(EAI_PROTOCOL); /*xxx*/ ^ *** Exit 1 Stop.

rsync hanging (Sun -> AIX)

IX, does that ring any bells with anyone? I've *got* to get this working and am getting a little desperate... Any help is *much* appreciated. Cheers, Neil -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Re: rsync exit codes

atch from Wayne Davison to see if that helps any. (In my copious spare time.) In the meantime, I just do the syncs in smaller "chunks". Regards, Neil -- Neil Schellenberger | Voice : (613) 599-2300 ext. 8445 Orchestream | Fax : (613) 59

RE: rsync exit codes

/* first try to pass it off to our sibling */ +if ( ! ok ) +ok = io_error_write(log_error_fd, code, buf, len); + +/* then try to pass it to the other end */ +if ( ! ok ) +

OpenSSH hang (was Re: I also am getting hang/timeout using rsync 2.4.6 --daemon)

if the pipe to ssh is still open. If the pipe is still open, we may have our culprit (it doesn't realise it should be exiting?). If it's closed, we'll need to know what ssh is up to Regards, Neil -- Neil Schellenberger | Voice : (613) 599-2300 ext. 8445 Cr

Re: I also am getting hang/timeout using rsync 2.4.6 --daemon

. Now if we could just figure out why it keeps stalling randomly Regards, Neil -- Neil Schellenberger | Voice : (613) 599-2300 ext. 8445 CrossKeys Systems Corporation | Fax : (613) 599-2330 350 Terry Fox Drive | E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kanata, Ont., Can

Re: I also am getting hang/timeout using rsync 2.4.6 -e ssh

hs? My impression is that most of the EOF/hang problems people are seeing seem related to "large" transfers. Regards, Neil -- Neil Schellenberger | Voice : (613) 599-2300 ext. 8445 CrossKeys Systems Corporation | Fax : (613) 599-2330 350 Terry Fox Drive

unexpected EOF and the preparation and serving of crow

al_written, (double)stats.total_read, (double)stats.total_size); +} else if ( (pd = geterrdesc(code)) != NULL ) { +rprintf(FLOG,"transfer interrupted - %s (code %d, %s) at %s(%d)\n", +pd->d, co

unexpected EOF hypothesis

ally overriden at the server end, meaning that I can't just force it from my end.) I just wanted to get this posted so that I can start the day tomorrow with the "overnight" reaction from those in other time zones. In particular, is anyone who is using --timeout=0 (the default) on t

Re: Newbie question - rsync pauses after 500 - 800 files

to work around (or indeed if this is simply hysteria caused by the aliasing-related optimisations being applied to code that was incorrect to start with.) That having been said, there were definitely serious optimiser bugs in egcs (the precursor to 2.95), and according to the change histo