On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 02:05:51PM +0200, Mark, Oren wrote: > There is an area I would like to rsync with remote site. Is there a > problem reading/writing to that area during the time rsync is in > progress?
Rsync should handle changes fairly well, but it is not perfect. If the currently-active file is changed while it is being transferred, rsync can create a version on the destination that is a combination of the old and new data (if that is what was read by the sender), but the next transfer should fix the bogus file (since the mtime should have been updated by the change that occurred on the sending side after the transfer started). You will also see some complaints about vanished files that occur because rsync has scanned a file earlier, but found it missing when it came time to actually send it (which you can choose to ignore). The only thing that should really confuse rsync is if someone tweaks the modified time on a source file back to an old value after making a change (that would require the use of the expensive -c option for rsync to notice when that happens). ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
