Re: idea

2015-09-24 Thread Simon Hobson
Michael Havens wrote: > why does deleting a file move it to .Trash but not make the space available > for reuse? Because, as already said, as far as the filesystem is concerned it's still a file taking up space. Longer answer: I guess you are using a "desktop" interface, click the file, and

Re: idea

2015-09-23 Thread Kevin Korb
;t control. Personally, I always use computers that I control and I use OwnCloud to keep such files in sync. On 09/23/2015 02:29 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > I don't have the technical knowledge to bring this idea into the > real world but: What do you think about adding a tar/zip option?

idea

2015-09-23 Thread Michael Havens
I don't have the technical knowledge to bring this idea into the real world but: What do you think about adding a tar/zip option? I like to rsync my /Documents directory and as i was doing so this morning my pen drive ran out of room. I only ever make minor changes to /Documents and someti

Re: great feature idea (well, hopefully)

2015-02-12 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 11.02.2015 14:03, QUBE RUBBIK wrote: > Hello > > I was just thinking about a killer feature for rsync, the ability to detect > files name changes or move within the source and destination. > At this time rsync has to re-transfer a file if it has been renamed or moved > inside a subfolder, wit

Re: great feature idea (well, hopefully)

2015-02-12 Thread Joe
I haven't used it yet, but take a look at --fuzzy specified once or twice. I think it does what you want or at least something very similar. Joe On 02/11/2015 09:03 AM, QUBE RUBBIK wrote: > Hello > > I was just thinking about a killer feature for rsync, the ability to > detect files name changes

great feature idea (well, hopefully)

2015-02-11 Thread QUBE RUBBIK
Hello I was just thinking about a killer feature for rsync, the ability to detect files name changes or move within the source and destination. At this time rsync has to re-transfer a file if it has been renamed or moved inside a subfolder, with a heavy waste of ressources and bandwidth. It cou

Resumption idea.

2009-12-12 Thread Robin Lee Powell
I probably won't be implementing this, but since I've thought of it, I thought I'd share. Give rsync an option like --resumption-file=[file] Let's say you've done: rsync -a --resumption-file=foo a/ b/ c/ rsync starts by putting "a/" and "b/" in foo. It then gets the listing for a/, and repl

DO NOT REPLY [Bug 4383] Idea: Store files in compressed format and visa versa

2009-08-07 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4383 devz...@web.de changed: What|Removed |Added CC||devz...@web.de --- Comment #2 from

DO NOT REPLY [Bug 2296] Idea: transparently uncompress .gz and .bz2 files before synchronizing.

2009-08-07 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2296 devz...@web.de changed: What|Removed |Added CC||devz...@web.de --- Comment #2 from

idea: include/exclude files by mime type (use magic like file(1) does)

2009-06-18 Thread Shawn Rutledge
I have been thinking this would be a nice feature: exclude files by type rather than just regular expressions. Mostly because binaries don't have any extension on Linux, so they aren't recognizable just by name. At work I rsync a source directory for doing builds in a chroot environment for the t

Any idea on this rsync error?

2009-05-13 Thread Jignesh Shah
) rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(189) Any idea to avoid it? Thanks, Jignesh -- 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

DO NOT REPLY [Bug 4383] Idea: Store files in compressed format and visa versa

2007-02-10 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4383 [EMAIL PROTECTED] changed: What|Removed |Added Severity|normal |enhancement --- Comment #1 from

DO NOT REPLY [Bug 4383] New: Idea: Store files in compressed format and visa versa

2007-02-08 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4383 Summary: Idea: Store files in compressed format and visa versa Product: rsync Version: 3.0.0 Platform: Other OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P3

Re: An idea: rsyncfs, an rsync-based real-time replicated filesystem

2006-09-26 Thread Matt McCutchen
Have you considered using a traditional network filesystem instead of putting together your own system on top of rsync? I think AFS (the Andrew File System) supports the kind of replication you want. Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before

Re: An idea: rsyncfs, an rsync-based real-time replicated filesystem

2006-09-26 Thread Lester Hightower
Recently, I have investigated FUSE as an option for implementing something like I proposed to this list in April, 2005 (instead of inotify). Just yesterday, I submitted some patches to the mysqlfs-general mailing list that improve mysqlfs a bit. With a little more work (which I may or may not do)

Re: An idea: rsyncfs, an rsync-based real-time replicated filesystem

2006-09-26 Thread Lester Hightower
Recently, I have investigated FUSE as an option for implementing something like I proposed to this list in April, 2005 (instead of inotify). Just yesterday, I submitted some patches to the mysqlfs-general mailing list that improve mysqlfs a bit. With a little more work (which I may or may not do)

Re: --fuzzy, enhancement idea

2005-06-13 Thread Wayne Davison
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 04:15:42PM -0400, Moshe Jacobson wrote: > Instead, I think would be nice to add a flag e.g. --detect-moved-dirs, > which would compare the file listing for each side, and look for whole > directory trees that seem to be moved since last rsync. This is the enhancement sugges

--fuzzy, enhancement idea

2005-06-10 Thread Moshe Jacobson
Hi (Wayne? Not sure who did --fuzzy), Like many people, I use rsync with hard linking to keep multiple backups of my data in a relatively small space on the server. I like the idea behind --fuzzy, but it seems that in most cases, this option doesn't help me much. Instead, I think wou

Re: An idea: rsyncfs, an rsync-based real-time replicated filesystem

2005-04-13 Thread Steve Bonds
On 4/12/05, Lester Hightower wrote: > The actual replication happens in user-land with rsync as the transport. > I think rsync will have to be tweaked a little to make this work, but > given all the features already in rsync I don't think this will be a big > deal. I envision an rsync running on

Re: An idea: rsyncfs, an rsync-based real-time replicated filesystem

2005-04-13 Thread Justin Banks
ll not be replicated to other systems. > The Constant Replicator design appeals to me because it more closely > mirrors my needs, and has fewer "scarey black boxes" in the design. > However, the more I have thought about what is really going on here, the > more I am convinced

Re: An idea: rsyncfs, an rsync-based real-time replicated filesystem

2005-04-13 Thread Jan-Benedict Glaw
mkdir( ... ), rmdir( ... ) I implemented such a beast in terms of a LD_PRELOAD library that intercepts these calls (as well as a whole lot others that may update time information). Unfortunately, this was proprietary and I don't have access to the sources. However, I've done that, the idea

Re: An idea: rsyncfs, an rsync-based real-time replicated filesystem

2005-04-12 Thread Craig Barratt
Interesting ideas. > I envision the "VFS Change Logger" as a (hopefully very thin) middle-ware > that sits between the kernel's VFS interfaces and a real filesystem, like > ext3, reiser, etc. The "VFS Change Logger" will pass VFS calls to the > underlying filesystem driver, but it will make note

Re: An idea: rsyncfs, an rsync-based real-time replicated filesystem

2005-04-12 Thread Clint Byrum
s come somewhat close to the Inter-Mezzo filesystem for Linux, which was at one time in the mainline kernel, but some time ago dropped because it wasn't being maintained. Their approach, I think, is too focused on standards and openness, rather than making something that works. Maybe your id

An idea: rsyncfs, an rsync-based real-time replicated filesystem

2005-04-12 Thread Lester Hightower
t resulted from the ensuing discussion and code improvements were so consequential that I dared not post again until I felt I had another topic worthy of the time and consideration of this superb group. This idea might be a little far fetched, but if so I guess that means that I am just ignorant

[Bug 2296] Idea: transparently uncompress .gz and .bz2 files before synchronizing.

2005-02-12 Thread samba-bugs
|P5 Version|2.6.3 |2.6.4 --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-02-12 14:44 --- I'm not that enamored with this idea, but I'll leave this open as a place-holder for future consideration. -- Configure bugm

[Bug 2296] New: Idea: transparently uncompress .gz and .bz2 files before synchronizing.

2005-02-01 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2296 Summary: Idea: transparently uncompress .gz and .bz2 files before synchronizing. Product: rsync Version: 2.6.3 Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW

Re: Multiple concurrent rsyncs: an idea...

2004-09-21 Thread Wayne Davison
On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 07:54:47AM -0600, Sean Reifschneider wrote: > My thought is that it could be implemented fairly inexpensively by > mostly relying on the temporary files that are already written. If the > temp files were given a common extension (even if it were just common > among a concur

Multiple concurrent rsyncs: an idea...

2004-09-19 Thread Sean Reifschneider
ularly during low usage periods where I might be able to get much more than that from a fast site. Yeah, I know I could change the mirror I'm using, but there aren't many push-primaries. That's what gave me the idea. Sean -- I hear a cow jack-knifed on the Harley Memorial Bridge.

Re: An idea about rsync and ISO images.

2001-04-12 Thread Dave Dykstra
unlinks the old one first, leaving the original hard-linked file untouched. At least that's how it works on Solaris. I also just tested a rename(2) on Linux and it does the same thing. Regarding your idea of --also-using, try to work up a patch and see how it works. I suppose you'd want

Re: An idea about rsync and ISO images.

2001-04-10 Thread Anthony Rumble
On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: Anthony Rumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > You don't have to .. just create a hard link .. rsync will break the link > > > if the transfer completes. > > > > Umm.. Hang on.. no.. it woul

Re: An idea about rsync and ISO images.

2001-04-10 Thread sfr
From: Anthony Rumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > You don't have to .. just create a hard link .. rsync will break the link > > if the transfer completes. > > Umm.. Hang on.. no.. it would modify the same file.. and thus.. truncate > it.. if it abor

Re: An idea about rsync and ISO images.

2001-04-10 Thread Anthony Rumble
On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: Anthony Rumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > I am oten doing something like this > > > > cp something-beta-1.iso something-beta-2.iso > > > > Then rsync --progress --partial --stats --block-size=8192 > > somewhere::blah/something-beta-2.iso

Re: An idea about rsync and ISO images.

2001-04-10 Thread sfr
From: Anthony Rumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I am oten doing something like this > > cp something-beta-1.iso something-beta-2.iso > > Then rsync --progress --partial --stats --block-size=8192 > somewhere::blah/something-beta-2.iso . > > When I want to go from beta-1 to beta-2.. and usuall

An idea about rsync and ISO images.

2001-04-10 Thread Anthony Rumble
I am oten doing something like this cp something-beta-1.iso something-beta-2.iso Then rsync --progress --partial --stats --block-size=8192 somewhere::blah/something-beta-2.iso . When I want to go from beta-1 to beta-2.. and usually.. if all goes well.. this works.. HOWEVER.. A).. I hate

(Long) Feature Idea --exclude-perms

2000-12-05 Thread Tim Southerwood
tes for top n directories/files 3) --nosetperms-pattern=patt: Ditto by by pattern using --exclude symantics 4) (implicit) if target ends in / then don't touch anything before the slash (not current behaviour) or even: 1a) --umask-top=umask: bitwise-AND umask with source flags for top target dire