Thanks, rsync developers, for creating such a great tool. I'm a member of a team of system administrators and integrators that use rsync with SystemImager and Cfengine to rapidly deploy and prescriptively maintain systems. Our current practices would benefit if rsync were enhanced to handle duplicate names deterministically as described in the todo list. If we were able to use rsync to overlay a base system image directory with customization directories, then we would also be interested in the ability to optionally use a stronger checksum algorithm. Then we could use rsync to replace our use of the Tripwire file system integrity checking tool.
I was planning on doing this work myself sometime in FY06. I would start sooner, but I have a lot of other projects with higher priorities, and I am attempting to arrange for specific funding for this work. Is anyone else was already working on these features? Thanks again, Andrew Shewmaker -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html