On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 02:06 +0100, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > I don't know. Somtimes it works and sometimes not (but mostly not as a > rule of thumb). Even if I wait for a few minutes inbetween, the new > file won't be chosen. > > > rsync --version > rsync version 2.6.3 protocol version 28 > > That might be old, but that was the default that came with fink on Mac > OS X (if the error has been fixed in the meantime, I will upgrade).
Duh. I realize now that it's perfectly reasonable for you to be able to reproduce the problem while I can't. Versions 2.6.9 and earlier of rsync sort the file-list using the C library's quicksort, an unstable sort, so the results in case of duplicate files are highly sensitive to both the C library implementation and the order of directory entries in the source (which in turn is sensitive to the filesystem implementation). You probably have both a different C library and a different filesystem than I do. In any case, since rsync 3.0.0pre1, the default file-list sorting algorithm is a mergesort, which is stable, so files from earlier source arguments take priority. If you upgrade to an rsync 3.0.0pre* version, your scenario should work consistently. If it doesn't, that's a bug we should try to fix. Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
