Re: Quick Question.

2004-03-20 Thread Jos Backus
On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 06:59:41PM +0200, Eran Tromer wrote: > It would have been a simple script with the extension I proposed > ("create batch without patching", > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg09757.html). Fwiw, I think adding this extension is a good idea. -- Jos Backus

Re: setgid on directories

2004-03-20 Thread Wayne Davison
On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 10:41:04AM -0500, Jim Ogilvie wrote: > I made the following changes to make rsync set the group id bit on new > directories. There's a patch in the "patches" subdir of the source that adds a --chmod option to rsync. I just improved it a bit so that you can specify a mode m

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Re: Quick Question.

2004-03-20 Thread Eran Tromer
Hi, It would have been a simple script with the extension I proposed ("create batch without patching", http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg09757.html). Alternatively, you can use librsync's rdiff. That lets you can save the patch information to a file and then transmit it only if it'

Re: Q regarding large transfers.

2004-03-20 Thread Wayne Davison
On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 02:22:06PM +0100, Per Lanvin wrote: > I wonder, is there a way to measure how long this process takes > (adding one file to the file list)? You could time the initial file-scan section using a stop-watch (use the options "-v --progress" and it will tell you when it is done

Re: Backing Up Files I Don't Own

2004-03-20 Thread Wayne Davison
On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 11:05:28AM -0500, Tim Conway wrote: > rsync notices that, and refuses to act like root unless it > was invoked by a root-owned process. FYI, the CVS version now acts like root if the effective UID is root, so it will work in the situation where someone chooses to make it s

Re: Rsync 2.6.0 compile problem

2004-03-20 Thread Wayne Davison
On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 05:41:06PM -0500, Rick Frerichs wrote: > If I try to compile, I get this make error: You didn't list any errors, just warnings. So, there's nothing in the compiler output to indicate that anything is wrong. ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samb

Re: Out of memory buffers

2004-03-20 Thread Wayne Davison
On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 10:09:24AM -0800, Jennifer Lu wrote: > ERROR: out of memory in init_hard_links You need to either (1) copy fewer files per invocation, (2) bump up the memory ulimit for the rsync process, (3) add more memory and/or swap to your system, or (4) use the CVS version of rsync (w

Re: --archive vs --backup

2004-03-20 Thread Wayne Davison
On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 09:29:42AM -0500, alexus wrote: > Can someone tell me what exactly is the difference between these two? The --archive option is just a convenience option that preserves all the attributes of a file while (almost always) turning on directory recursion. The --backup option i