Hi Dave, on Fri, 8 Mar 2002 11:55:10 -0600 Dave Dykstra wrote concerning "Re: 4.4BSD chflags support for rsync" something like this:
> New options are usually handled by just letting the remote side fail when > it doesn't understand the option, as you're doing. Perhaps you just > shouldn't include it with -a. Ok, changed that. I also put a note in the manpage. > At a minimum, you'd need to update the rsync.yo and rsync.1 versions of > the man page before it could be accepted. Heh, I knew I forgot something. ;) I've updated the patch. When building the new rsync.1 manpage, an entry about --ignore-existing was also included and is contained in my patch. Please let me know what you think. Thanks, Rolf > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 07:12:47PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've changed rsync to support the BSD change file flags. However, this >> raises some compatibility problems, especially when including it with >> the -a option. If the remote host does not understand the new option >> for updating file flags, the user gets an error message about an >> unknown option. How should I handle this? >> >> If you'd like to look at the patch (and preferably integrate it with the >> main source ;)) you can get it at http://www.progtech.net/rsync.flags-patch >> All comments are welcome, but please CC me directly as I'm not on the list. >> >> Thanks and bye, >> Rolf -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
