On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 02:38:29PM -0600, Dave Dykstra wrote: > On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 11:00:58AM -0800, Ben wrote: > > Well that's annoying. I've tried changing the encoding of this > > attempt... maybe it'll get through this time. > > Yes, it came through better this time. > > > As a rule of thumb, I think silent errors a very bad idea. It means > > things might not be behaving like you expect, but you have no idea. In > > general, rsync's current behavior is correct. In my case niche case, it > > doesn't work. I think the proper solution is to change rsync's behavior, > > not reduce the errors it produces. > > Maybe it wouldn't be so bad if it only looked for certain error codes from > the failed chmod. The nice thing about ignoring errors is that it's one > less thing for users to have to learn and understand. > > Any other opinions?
First, identify the errno. Is it the same for cygwin and samba mounts? Then do the treatment for that errno(s) only. As far as i can tell except where the filesystem doesn't support chmod an error chmoding here is insane. We just created the file. I'd rather kick out a warning on the first one and then ignore. That warns the user that something isn't quite right without flooding the log. Dave, see my post a litter earlier in the thread for a possible code change. > > > If it comes through, take a look at the patch. I think I did a decent > > job of updating the docs so that purpose of the new flag is clear. > > At a minimum I think the option is too limited. I'd want a solution > that would work for both the fixed permission samba case and the vfat > filesystem under Linux case. In particular, I don't see it skipping > the fchmod in do_mkstemp. I don't know, maybe that's the only addition > that would be needed. -- ________________________________________________________________ J.W. Schultz Pegasystems Technologies email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember Cernan and Schmitt -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html