On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 05:10:56PM -0500, Buddy Ellis wrote: > rsync will transfer a 'partial' file (which was probably the 'whole' file > at the second that rsync examined the file) and transfer that portion of > the file and exit as if all is kosher.
Correct. An if you run rsync later, it will finish the file. > Is it not possible to use rsync to copy files from an live/in-use > filesystem? You'll have to define what you think rsync should do differently, because backing up the data that is there and moving on with the rest of the copy seems like a reasonable behavior to me. Perhaps you'd prefer for rsync to notice when a file is growing and to skip it with a warning? ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
