Re: Feature request, or HowTo? State-full resume rsync transfer

2011-07-15 Thread Donald Pearson
Eberhard, I looked in to the -b switch and it's a good idea but I have been unable to find a way to use it such that a resume can continue where it left off, without re-checking what has already been completed, *and* continue to use the same ultimate destination file as a source of diffing.

Re: Feature request, or HowTo? State-full resume rsync transfer

2011-07-15 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 15.07.2011 13:10, Donald Pearson wrote: Matthias, A vpn tunnel is an interesting idea. Do you know how long you're able to keep rsync in limbo before it will give up? I haven't really tried. But it was about 15 Minutes the one time it didn't reconnect in time. The issue I think is

Re: Feature request, or HowTo? State-full resume rsync transfer

2011-07-15 Thread Eberhard Moenkeberg
Hi, On Fri, 15 Jul 2011, Donald Pearson wrote: I looked in to the -b switch and it's a good idea but I have been unable to find a way to use it such that a resume can continue where it left off, without re-checking what has already been completed, *and* continue to use the same ultimate

Re: Feature request, or HowTo? State-full resume rsync transfer

2011-07-15 Thread Brian K. White
On 7/15/2011 2:42 PM, Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: On 15.07.2011 13:10, Donald Pearson wrote: Matthias, A vpn tunnel is an interesting idea. Do you know how long you're able to keep rsync in limbo before it will give up? I haven't really tried. But it was about 15 Minutes the one time it

Re: Feature request, or HowTo? State-full resume rsync transfer

2011-07-15 Thread Donald Pearson
Wow can't tell you how many times I've read over the man page but Batch Mode never jumped out at me before. Batch Mode could very well provide a solution, I'm going to give it a run. Also, I think I found the knob in Ubuntu that's creating the error in rsync. It's

Re: Feature request, or HowTo? State-full resume rsync transfer

2011-07-12 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 11.07.2011 16:01, Donald Pearson wrote: I am looking to do state-full resume of rsync transfers. My network environment is is an unreliable and slow satellite infrastructure, and the files I need to send are approaching 10 gigs in size. In this network environment often times links

Re: Feature request, or HowTo? State-full resume rsync transfer

2011-07-12 Thread Donald Pearson
@Eberhard: I understand what you're trying to say, but in this environment the reality is rsync reaches and impasse where it is unable to get beyond work that has already been completed before link failure cuts it off again. @Leen: A combination of --append with --partial is what I tried,

Re: Feature request, or HowTo? State-full resume rsync transfer

2011-07-12 Thread Eberhard Moenkeberg
Hi, On Tue, 12 Jul 2011, Donald Pearson wrote: [very selective cited, just to lighten one aspect] @Eberhard: I understand what you're trying to say, but in this environment the reality is rsync reaches and impasse where it is unable to get beyond work that has already been completed before

Re: Feature request, or HowTo? State-full resume rsync transfer

2011-07-12 Thread Brian K. White
On 7/12/2011 11:10 AM, Donald Pearson wrote: @Eberhard: I understand what you're trying to say, but in this environment the reality is rsync reaches and impasse where it is unable to get beyond work that has already been completed before link failure cuts it off again. @Leen: A combination of

Re: Feature request, or HowTo? State-full resume rsync transfer

2011-07-12 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On 12.07.2011 11:10, Donald Pearson wrote: ... A 'trick' i personally use for an unreliable connection is an OpenSSH-Tunnel. Altough any VPN-solution should to the trick. That way the connection between the two rsync-halvs isn't directly tied to the internet-connection. In my case that

Feature request, or HowTo? State-full resume rsync transfer

2011-07-11 Thread Donald Pearson
I am looking to do state-full resume of rsync transfers. My network environment is is an unreliable and slow satellite infrastructure, and the files I need to send are approaching 10 gigs in size. In this network environment often times links cannot be maintained for more than a few minutes at a

Re: Feature request, or HowTo? State-full resume rsync transfer

2011-07-11 Thread Eberhard Moenkeberg
Hi, On Mon, 11 Jul 2011, Donald Pearson wrote: I am looking to do state-full resume of rsync transfers. My network environment is is an unreliable and slow satellite infrastructure, and the files I need to send are approaching 10 gigs in size. In this network environment often times links

Re: Feature request, or HowTo? State-full resume rsync transfer

2011-07-11 Thread Eberhard Moenkeberg
Hi once more, On Mon, 11 Jul 2011, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: On Mon, 11 Jul 2011, Donald Pearson wrote: I am looking to do state-full resume of rsync transfers. My network environment is is an unreliable and slow satellite infrastructure, and the files I need to send are approaching 10

Re: Feature request, or HowTo? State-full resume rsync transfer

2011-07-11 Thread Leen Besselink
On 07/11/2011 10:57 PM, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: Hi once more, On Mon, 11 Jul 2011, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: On Mon, 11 Jul 2011, Donald Pearson wrote: I am looking to do state-full resume of rsync transfers. My network environment is is an unreliable and slow satellite