I have been working on a backup server where I have a server-side script that wraps the server-side rsync invocation. I have used the client-side rsync -M (--remote-option) to send options to the server script, removing them from the command-line prior to invoking the server-side rsync. This was discussed on Stack Exchange (http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/297143). It works well.
However, one observation is that the rsync client's -s (--protect-args) option passes all arguments directly into the rsync server and only sends a minimal rsync command-line to launch the server-side rsync. This means my script does not see -M options when -s is used. It also means that the server-side rsync receives options not intended for it and these cause it to terminate. I note from the man-page that the -s option "will eventually become a new default setting at some as-yet-undetermined point in the future". When that happens, it will break what I have above. So, a couple of questions: * is using -M the right way to send non-rsync options to the server side ? * could it be considered for -s to not affect non-rsync options that have been specified with -M ? Thanks for your attention. -- 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
