Re: Can rsync write to a FIFO?

2023-02-11 Thread Robin Lee Powell via rsync
Yeah, I was thinking tar, but it's effectively the same thing. On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 07:14:57PM +0100, Hardy via rsync wrote: > If this helps, in old days I used to use cpio for a similar thing. > > I do not want to spam you with my whole script, but willing to share if you > want. I think

Re: Can rsync write to a FIFO?

2023-02-11 Thread Hardy via rsync
If this helps, in old days I used to use cpio for a similar thing. I do not want to spam you with my whole script, but willing to share if you want. I think you will get the hang of it by the following snippet. (Get yourself man-knowledge about the -i -o -p mechanism of cpio and the use of

Re: Can rsync write to a FIFO?

2023-02-11 Thread Heiko Schlittermann via rsync
Chris Green via rsync (Fr 10 Feb 2023 10:31:15 CET): > Can rsync write to a FIFO? Obviously one needs the --inplace to do > this, does one also need --write-devices? I think, there is no point in using rsync, as there is nothing to compare against on the remote side (and I've doubts if rsync