I also have this issue on Windows 8 (and yet also run it flawlessly on Server 2012 going on a year now). I haven't fixed it yet, but in my case, I have noticed that the problem primarily exists on laptops. So my current running theory is that when the laptop goes to sleep, or hibernates, it screws with the service, and fails to restart, because the .pid file already exists. I've considered rewriting (whenever I have the time) the startup script to check for, and delete the .pid file before trying to start the actual binary.
Thanks, --Mark -----Original Message----- From: Dan Johansson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 2:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] OT: rsyncd as a service on Windows 8 On 26.10.2013 23:32, Timothy J Massey wrote: > Dan Johansson <[email protected]> wrote on 10/26/2013 08:37:48 AM: > >> Any suggestions on >> a) how to find out why rsyncd dies in the first place > > Not really: I have never run rsync on Windows 8. I *have* done it on > Windows Server 2012 (based on Win8) with zero crashes across 3-4 > servers on that OS and maybe 3 months of time. So it may not be a > Windows 8 problem exactly, it may be just *your* Windows 8. > > Have you checked the Event Viewer? It usually shows you what's going > on with rsync... > >> b) how to fix this > > If we don't know why it dies how can we fix it? > >> c) if this is "unfixable" how can I make rsyncd restart even if there >> are a .pid and .lock file around > > You can't, to my knowledge. I have wrapped launching rsync in a CMD > to delete stale files before launching the daemon. (I hope I'm wrong: > it would be nice not to need it!) > > Tim Massey Tim, do you mind sharing the CMD-file? Regards, -- Dan Johansson, <http://www.dmj.nu> *************************************************** This message is printed on 100% recycled electrons! *************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135991&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
