>if you have a backup server with rsync running in daemon mode - is there a way >for a client to obtain information about free diskspace via rsync?
Create a cron job on the server that builds a file with the available disk space, output to a file under one of the read-only modules. Then your client(s) may read that file via rsync. Even better, allow a tcpmux service to just output the usage in real-tme. This helps avoid races where all the clients think there is lots of avaliable space. I use RFC1078 services for anonymous, read-only, real-time data services because they are super cheap, and sys admin can code them as shell scripts or perl programs. If you need code examples, reply to me. --ksb at FedEx.com -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
