Re: best rsync for use with windows (client) and long file names

2009-03-27 Thread dnk
On 27-Mar-09, at 1:13 AM, Fabian Cenedese wrote: The delta algorithm is only used if you access a remote server (e.g. with server::dest/path). For local syncs it is usually faster to just copy the whole file than to reconstruct it from the old file plus differences. There are switches to ease t

Re: best rsync for use with windows (client) and long file names

2009-03-27 Thread Michal Soltys
Fabian Cenedese wrote: I also use cwrsync but the few cases where the path was too long I just shortened the source. Of course that may not be possible for you. bye Fabi Remember about cygwin1.dll with utf8 support (using unicode win32 api). Side effect of it is that the paths are limited

Re: best rsync for use with windows (client) and long file names

2009-03-27 Thread Fabian Cenedese
At 15:57 26.03.2009 -0700, dnk wrote: >Good day, > >I have been doing some tests with rsync on windows (client) to backup >to a linux server. > >I started out with cwrsync, but ran into the dreaded "File name too >long (91)" error. Apparently due to an issue with the cygwin portion >of it. So

best rsync for use with windows (client) and long file names

2009-03-26 Thread dnk
Good day, I have been doing some tests with rsync on windows (client) to backup to a linux server. I started out with cwrsync, but ran into the dreaded "File name too long (91)" error. Apparently due to an issue with the cygwin portion of it. So I was then testing with a newer version of

Re: Overly Long File Names

2007-10-04 Thread Stuart Halliday
> On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 10:30:55AM +0100, Stuart Halliday wrote: > > Cygwin needs to drop support for Windows 98. > > They plan to do this 'sometime'. > > I wonder if defining MAXPATHLEN to a larger value would work or not? Nope. > That value is supposed to represent the largest string that ca

Re: Overly Long File Names

2007-10-03 Thread Wayne Davison
On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 10:30:55AM +0100, Stuart Halliday wrote: > Cygwin needs to drop support for Windows 98. > They plan to do this 'sometime'. I wonder if defining MAXPATHLEN to a larger value would work or not? That value is supposed to represent the largest string that can be passed to a fil

Re: Overly Long File Names

2007-10-03 Thread Stuart Halliday
Cygwin needs to drop support for Windows 98. They plan to do this 'sometime'. Don't hold your breath. -- Stuart Halliday -Original Message- From: havoc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: rsync@lists.samba.org Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 07:05:47 -0500 Subject: Overly Long File Na

Re: Overly Long File Names

2007-10-02 Thread havoc
Bah, after googling yet some more it seems like this cannot be fixed :( On Tuesday 02 October 2007, havoc wrote: > Is there a way to fix the skipping of overly long filenames (aside from > shortening the names ;)? -- - havoc -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mai

Overly Long File Names

2007-10-02 Thread havoc
Is there a way to fix the skipping of overly long filenames (aside from shortening the names ;)? -- - havoc -- 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: Using long file names in an Exclude file is causing Rsync to loop.

2006-10-12 Thread Wayne Davison
On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 02:14:20PM -0400, Ben Anderson wrote: > I'm wondering if my exclude rule (excluding a file name which is > longer than MAXPATHLEN) is not being "consumed" properly Yes, you've nailed down the problem nicely. It looks like we can just move the line that bumps the pattern p

Using long file names in an Exclude file is causing Rsync to loop.

2006-10-12 Thread Ben Anderson
extra long file names cause rsync should only allow a 256 byte file and path len which is bogus.txt - /cygdrive/D/.ben/test1.txt I'm backing up the ".ben" directory as the base of the backup.  The ".ben" directory is in the root of my D drive. So, I'm including &quo

Re: Long file names

2006-03-25 Thread Dag Wieers
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: > I believe this post I found is related to a problem I'm having with long > files names...I would like to use cwRsync, does my problem suggest this > is still happening and has not been addressed? > > http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2005-April/

Long file names

2006-03-25 Thread Robert Fitzpatrick
I believe this post I found is related to a problem I'm having with long files names...I would like to use cwRsync, does my problem suggest this is still happening and has not been addressed? http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2005-April/012117.html However, I have long file name issues using r