At 23:09 31.10.2007 -0400, Matt McCutchen wrote: >On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 10:35 +1000, Franc Carter wrote: >> If am rsyncing a file and I have the the following sequence of events >> happen in >> the same second >> >> 1. rsync starts >> 2. rsync sends some chunk of data to the other end >> 3 a local process modifies the chunk that has just been sent > >> So, my question - is this case a race condition in which a subsequent >> run of rsync may miss that the file has been modified and hence skip >> it ? > >Unfortunately, yes.
Shouldn't that be caught by the fact that the source file has a new (or at least different) time stamp now? bye Fabi -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html