Bad size transfers

2013-11-26 Thread Juan Pablo Lorier
Hi, I've been using rsync for several years by now, but it's the first time I have a problem with file transfers. The scenario is quite complex, I have an inotify script that syncs a hole folder when new files arrive to another server that has an curlftp mount of another server. Most of the times,

Re: rsync seems to overwhelm a failing hard disk

2013-11-26 Thread Dan Stromberg
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Chris Dennis wrote: > Hello rsync people > > Today I was recovering data from a beginning-to-fail external USB hard > disk. > > I started with my usual 'rsync -av --ignore-errors ', and > that was fine until it got to the first I/O errors. It paused but > continu

Re: Bad size transfers

2013-11-26 Thread Wayne Davison
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 5:57 AM, Juan Pablo Lorier wrote: > I see by the logs that files are partially transferred and deleted from > source (as specified by the flag) but destination file is far from a copy > of the original. > Are those files possibly copied before they are done being written?