set CYGWIN=NTEA NTSEC or set RSYNC_PASSWORD=pass some times fail on "Out of environment space" increasing the default environment space for all MS-DOS programs running in Windows not allways help.
There was a patch form: Ville Herva ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) some time ago >From: Ville Herva ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >Subject: [PATCH] rsync on cygwin - textmode config files >Newsgroups: mailing.unix.rsync >View this article only >Date: 2002-02-19 22:29:15 PST >... > (3) Third, under CYGWIN, it makes little sense to force attribute check on > the password file. It can be made to work if env var CYGWIN contains > "ntea" (nt extended attribute mode -- CYGWIN emulates unix permissions > through a hack), but frankly, it is a MAJOR pain in the ass to get > working especially when trying to run rsync as a NT service. Besides, > CYGWIN permissions won't give you any added security -- the security > should be handled with NTFS ACL's. So I added a #ifndef __CYGWIN__'s >... ... >From: Martin Pool ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >Subject: Re: [PATCH] rsync on cygwin - textmode config files >Newsgroups: mailing.unix.rsync >View this article only >Date: 2002-03-26 04:52:54 PST > >Thanks, this will be merged in 2.6. Please let me know if anything >further is required. > >-- >Martin The path is for 2.5.2 did some on try it agist 2.5.5 ? Dib Urim -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html