macOS filesystem cache thrashing?

It feels like the filesystem cache on my macOS hosts gets thrashed when I use the open source version of rsync, but not when I use the Apple-supplied /usr/bin/rsync. Has anyone else noticed this behavior? I don't have any data to prove it, but I know that my machine feels very different.

Re: Strange dry-run problem

On Sat, 6 Aug 2016 11:21:26 +0200 devz...@web.de wrote: > is it still reproducible after a fresh boot? no stale nfs or fuse mounts or > similar? I didn't reboot, but I did check that I could 'ls' all the NFS mounts (all of which were in my exclusion list anyway). And if it was hung in a stat(),

Strange dry-run problem

I was working on a backup script today and doing lots of runs with the --dry-run option to make sure I had things the way I wanted them. One particular filesystem I was backing up always hung right as it should have been finished. (This happened every time I did a dry run, it was 100% reproducible

enable 64-bit inums in build on AIX

.c(106) [sender=3.1.2] rsync: [sender] write error: Broken pipe (32) I've gotten around this by sub-dividing the rsync into smaller chunks but would like to avoid this if possible. Thanks in advance, Tom -- Tom Combs Systems Administrator Information Technology Services Florida State Unive

RE: rsync to iSCSI over WAN

> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:02:26 +0200 > From: m...@citd.de > To: pav...@live.com > CC: rsync@lists.samba.org > Subject: Re: rsync to iSCSI over WAN > > On 23.07.2010 00:30, Tom Christensen wrote: > > > > I am running rsync in cygwin on windows. I am att

RE: rsync to iSCSI over WAN

Wow... I don't know how many times I read through the man file... sorry I missed that... Thanks, Tom > Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:32:51 -0400 > From: rs...@benizi.com > To: pav...@live.com > CC: rsync@lists.samba.org > Subject: Re: rsync to iSCSI over WAN > > On Fr

rsync to iSCSI over WAN

and everything I can find on the net I don't see an option to force diffs only/rsync protocol, is this possible? Thanks, Tom _ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-m

exclude pattern matching rule

this is my file layout how do I write a exclusion pattern matching rule for this? TV_show/ NCIS/ NCIS_LA/ Season 01/ [s01x01].ogv [s01x02].ogv tom_a_sparks -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailin

deleting files and rsync

I am looking a run a cronjob that delete video files before running rsync to download more video files the current issue I can see is that rsync well re-download deleted video files, is there any way to stop this? tom_a_sparks PS: the host dose not delete the video files because it has a 1TB ha

rsync daemon performance

Hello, We have multiple clients that are connecting to our rsync daemon, sending a small file, and then disconnecting. This works well, but rsync forks each time there is a connection. Is it possible to get a "pool" of waiting daemons, similar to how apache runs? -tom -- Please use

Re: retransfer fail of large files with inplace and broken pipe

OK, have tried now --inplace with --backup option but syncing the files does consume much more time than a normal rsync process, so this is not a reliable solution. Thx Tom "Tom" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:hg7dg6$em...@ger.gmane.org... > Hi, > > retransfer of large fail

Re: retransfer fail of large files with inplace and broken pipe

ich is not desirable. Is there a way to tell rsync to delete the --backup file after an successful sync. thx Tom "tom raschel" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:loom.20091213t075221-...@post.gmane.org... > Hi, > > i have to tranfer large files each 5-100 GB (mo-fri) over dsl line.

Re: retransfer fail of large files with inplace and broken pipe

Thx to all, it was the -u option which prevents rsync to resume the file. Tom "Tony Abernethy" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:af5ef1769d564645a9acc947375f0d021567087...@winxbeus13.exchange.xchg... > Tom wrote: >> to make things more clear >> >> 1.) >> fi

Re: retransfer fail of large files with inplace and broken pipe

f a 99 % transfered file instead to download all from scratch) Tom > First: Transfer or re-transfer. I think, particularly with bad > connections, > you need to treat those VERY differently. > > For the initial transfer, --partial should help. > > For retransfers, where stuff i

retransfer fail of large files with inplace and broken pipe

whole process to much. is there a option to tell rsync not to change the time of a --inplace transfered file, or maybe preserve the mtime and do a comparison of mtime instead of ctime. Thx Tom -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change

Re: Trivial exclude help

On 08/07/2009, at 1:05 PM, Tom Lanyon wrote: Hi list, Sorry for the exclude question... but I have been trying for hours to get this to work and am utterly baffled. I'm performing an archive transfer between hosts and wish to include anything in any directory named 'debug'

Trivial exclude help

I haven't had any success. Any help very much appreciated. Please include me on any replies as I'm not subscribed to this list. Regards, Tom -- 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

3.0.1pre3 - date/time discrepancy in the log

ections = 5 Any thoughts or suggestions much appreciated Tom -- Tom Cowin Blackfin Software, LLC email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] office:(425)296-7744 mobile:(425)985-3150 fax: (425)460-7000 google:[EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: blackfinsoftware msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] snailma

Re: Could you make the 2.6.9 source available via http again?

Matt McCutchen mattmccutchen.net> writes: > Tom, the 2.6.9 source package is available at: > > http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/old-versions/rsync-2.6.9.tar.gz Yes, it is, thanks Matt. Yesterday I had somehow found an ftp url: ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/rsync/old-versions but t

Could you make the 2.6.9 source available via http again?

that's not what the buildroot automation wants. Thanks! .tom -- 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: local rsync hangs with big files

>> Strange thing is, when I run rsync with strace it completes without >> errors. > > That would make sense, as the hang seems to be caused by rsync writing > too much data to the network too fast, and stracing rsync would slow it There's no network involved here. > down. Do whatever works: st

local rsync hangs with big files

ive/t/ /cygdrive/z/backup For testing I tried -vvv but it just hang anyway with no information. For a few days now, rsync hangs in the middle of a transfer of big files >400MiB -- no error message, no termination. Strange thing is, when I run rsync with strace it completes without errors. To

RE: rsync mechanics question

reference to this file into each mailbox, thus accounting for the inflated use of space. Thanks everyone for the help and expertise! -Tom > -Original Message- > From: Jamie Lokier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 6:28 PM > To: Tom Riley > Cc: Matt M

RE: rsync mechanics question

d prefer the data copied from /msgstore to consume roughly the same amount of the new disk as the old so I can have 400gigs of growth rather than 250gigs. Make sense? Any thoughts or suggestions would be welcomed. -Tom > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PR

rsync mechanics question

one experienced this sort of bloated expansion of space? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. -Tom -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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rsync: file too large (27) errors.

could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(1166) Both of these files exceed 2g. Any insight or help on this would be greatly appreciated. ~ Tom -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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Re: O_DIRECT

ee it in a quick review of open(2) ) and Mac OS X must support something like it since "ditto" has a "--nocache" option that is similar. Tom -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

rsync 2.6.2 usually hangs, FC2 on dual proc opteron machines

ain.com 2.6.9-1.6_FC2smp #1 SMP Thu Nov 18 22:20:16 EST 2004 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux   Any ideas? thanks for any help! Tom -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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Re: rsync and Perl programming

You didn't escape your @localhost, for one. Try $rsync_cmd = 'blah blah blah'; instead. -- Tom Allen Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Open Systems EngineerPhone: 904-220-3627 10East Corp FAX: 904-384-1038 On Wed, 5 May 2004, Jim Salt

RE: Device majors incorrectly set to 0 during rsync

er to compile 32bit until I see a fix go through for this one. Thanks for your help :) Tom Williams -Original Message- From: Wayne Davison To: Williams, Tom Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: 4/8/2004 2:42 PM Subject: Re: Device majors incorrectly set to 0 during rsync On Thu, Apr 08, 200

RE: Device majors incorrectly set to 0 during rsync

seems/ to do the right thing. Thanks, Tom Williams -Original Message- From: Wayne Davison To: Williams, Tom Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: 4/8/2004 2:25 PM Subject: Re: Device majors incorrectly set to 0 during rsync On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 01:43:18PM -0700, Williams, Tom wrote: >

Device majors incorrectly set to 0 during rsync

PROTECTED] rsync --version rsync version 2.6.0 protocol version 27 Copyright (C) 1996-2004 by Andrew Tridgell and others <http://rsync.samba.org/> Capabilities: 64-bit files, socketpairs, hard links, symlinks, batchfiles, no IPv6, 64-bit system inums, 64-bit internal in

Re: ssh and rsyncd.conf

you are backing up to, you can do something like rsync -e "ssh -2 -i key_file_here" [EMAIL PROTECTED]::module/ /destination/directory/ There's more sample info and some pitfalls you can avoid elsewhere on this list, check the searchable archives at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l

Re: Can't Figure out why rsync job stops

t; /usr/local/bin/rsync -avz --stats --progress > rsync://[EMAIL PROTECTED]:873:/mercybackupstwo/dslagel > /unmirror/mercy > > I am looking for pointer in the rights direction. I can't seem to find any > more specific info on these errors out there. > > Thanks for the hel

rsync for windows 2000

ons). A google search found what appears to be a similar binary distribution out of .au and further hunting found something called: cwRysnc Have I missed anything important? Thankyou, Tom Miller +++ Onsite Tech support and remote Website Design at www.bluecollarcc.com Need a File? I ha

Re: getting rid of "permission denied" partial transfer errors

hentication (the key itself, the from-host of ssh, and the allowed host in rsync), and exactly what is backed up can be pretty locked down and chrooted to prevent intentional or unintentional misuse. Tom -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before

Rsync over SSH w/ various shells

ks in advance for any info. Tom -- 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: simple compile

, On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, jw schultz wrote: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 03:39:37PM -0800, Tom Holton wrote: > > > > I could not find this question anywhere, but I apologize if it is and I > > just missed it. > > > > Running an Alpha, OSF1 V5.1 1885 > > > >

simple compile

1 See no documentation about EAI_MAX And, looking in the code, indeed, EAI_MAX (et. al.) are not defined anywhere! How should I handle this? thanks, -tom -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Problem with large number of files and --delete

ning rsync 2.5.6 under Freebsd 4.8. This only occurs when I add the --delete to the above line... if I omit the --delete, it runs fine. Is this possibly a ulimit problem? Tom Walsh -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting,

dealing with renamed files

pfile" | \ cut -d' ' -f3-` if [ "$old_pathname" ] ; then mkdir -p `dirname "$new_pathname"` mv "$old_pathname" "$new_pathname" fi d

RE: Rsyncing Problem with - character!

er written in Perl and I really don't want to have to rewrite the Perl code to account for this limitation... can anyone think of a way to escape out the destination file name so that rsync does not complain? Your help is much appreciated, Regards, Tom -Original Message- From: Greger

Rsyncing Problem with - character!

nts.doc Any ideas what I can do to make this work? Cheers, Tom -- 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: Following symbolic links

It's ok i've found it out anyway I should have RTFM before posting I am sorry! In case anyone is interested here's the link. http://samba.anu.edu.au/ftp/rsync/rsync.html -- Tom Freeman Web Developer NISS - EduServ +44 (0)1225 474371 - Original Message - From: "

Following symbolic links

Hi, Can anyone tell me if rsync can follow symbolic links? Cheers, Tom -- Tom Freeman Web Developer NISS - EduServ +44 (0)1225 474371 -- 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: exclude an entire dir from syncing ??

I think you just use the --exclude=/directory option Tom -- Tom Freeman Web Developer NISS - EduServ +44 (0)1225 474371 - Original Message - From: "zenn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "rsync" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 2:04 PM Subject: ex

Capturing output

. Any ideas how I can achieve this? Or is this a perl type question rather than something I can do with rsync...? cheers, Tom -- Tom Freeman Web Developer NISS - EduServ +44 (0)1225 474371 -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read

Local copying with minimal disk activity.

ing if the file timestamps change? Thanks in advance! --Tom -- 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: Newbie Question

o run automatically via a cronjob. Is there a way to send the password to rsync so I don't have to enter it manually every time? Many thanks, Tom -- Tom Freeman Web Developer NISS - EduServ +44 (0)1225 474371 - Original Message - From: "wim delvaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "

Newbie Question

ync is definately installed on both machines and is in the user tdf's environment path. So I don't understand why it says "rsync: command not found"...? Any help getting this sorted would be VERY much appreciated...? Many thanks, Tom -- Tom Freeman Web Developer NISS - EduSer

RE: Problem with rsync from one machine

tiumpro -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-exceptions' Lesson learned... don't set CFLAGS in .profiles. Tom Walsh -- 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: Problem with rsync from one machine

compiling. Either way thank you for the suggestions... Tom Walsh Network Administrator http://www.ala.net/ ::Any directory? What do you mean by that? This hapens to ::the first file in every directory? Zero lenghth files? ::.pwd.lock is all over? I'm not really familiar with that ::parti

RE: Problem with rsync from one machine

when ever it starts to transfer the files... Very odd behavior... I have a tough time trying to describe it even, so I can't even look online for a similar problem. Tom Walsh ::-Original Message- ::From: Max Bowsher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] ::Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 3:18 PM

Problem with rsync from one machine

systems... and Machine A is ext2 Machine B is ext3 and Machine C is also ext3, but I can't see how that would matter... I am just grasping for straws here. Does anybody see why it works with one machine but not another? Any guidance is appreciated. Tom Walsh Network Administrator http://www

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What causes this error?

fixes the problem but this is not the right answer since it requires me to download several hundred Mb of data again. I am using rsync-2.5.4-2 from RedHat Linux 7.3. -- .Tom"Nothing would please me more than being able to [EMAIL PROTECTED] hire ten programmers and d

user mapping

a ssh session in a chroot jail set noexec where files can be written), and also somewhat easier to setup (maybe not to program though). Might there be another way to do the mounting so that the user the mounted file(system) would be able to change the u/gid in the files? Just a thou

Re: UID/GID bug in chrooted shells fixed.

th/without setuid root, inside or outside a chroot jail with a root or non-root user as it should do. Kind regards, Tom Worley Worley Web Solutions http://www.worleyweb.net http://www.totalannihilation2.com http://www.uk2raq.com http://projectmist.org -- To unsubscribe or change options: http:/

Re: Possible UID/GID bug in chrooted shells?

(but with only the libs required for rsync, bash and su) Basically the shell is a wrapper that runs chroot (using sudo privaledges) then su -'s to the user inside the chroot You don't have to CC the replies to me as I'm subscribed to the list, but thx anyhow ;-) (he says replying to

Re: Possible UID/GID bug in chrooted shells?

On Tuesday 11 June 2002 5:24 pm, you wrote: > Tom: You just need to tell rsync to use numeric IDS, or else make a /etc > in the chroot root, so that names can be resolved (it's chrooted, so it > can't see the real /etc... ever notice the /etc in anon ftp sessions?). By > d

Possible UID/GID bug in chrooted shells?

sword securely somehow to each person). Could it be a bug in the way rsync sets the UID/GID of the files? Running Debian Linux Sid, up to date as of this morning, and rsync: rsync version 2.5.6cvs protocol version 26 from debian packages. Kind regards, and TIA, Tom Worley Worley Web Soluti

Re: Mirroring a server

rnel.org (the 2.2 and 2.4 tree + people) so I am doing kernel updates every night. here is my command line: # rsync -avH --partial --delete --delete-excluded --exclude-from=$EXCLUDE_FILE \ path_to_source_tree/ destination. HTH, -- ..Tom CLUELESSNESS: There Are No Stu

Re: Keep one BIG file in sync

at distro comes out rather than dload the whole thing I just copy the last distro to the new tree and rsync just dloads the diffs. Rsync tis a wonderful program. :- HTH, -- ..Tom CLUELESSNESS: There Are No Stupid Questions, But [EMAIL PROTECTED] There Are LOTS of In

rsync-2.5.0 patch for "make check" bug

Attached is a patch for rsync 2.5.0 to fix the "make check" option. The find command was not being passwd the current directory in the hands.test and longdir.test testsuites, which caused them to fail on SunOS 4.X and Solaris 2.X systems. Tom -- Tom L. Schmidt, Manager/SysAdmin Charac

daemon pukes with ENOTSOCK

path = /home/tomm/rsynctest comment = Test rsync uid = nobody gid = nobody read only = no list = yes auth users = tomm secrets file = /etc/rsync/rsyncd.scrt Anyone have a clue what's happening here? Thanks for your time. Tom Messmer