On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 01:56:17PM +0200, Ingo Schmiegel wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> 1)
> I'm using "rsync version 2.4.6 protocol version 24" on HPUX11 and
> Solaris2.[567] to mirror software from one centralized installation
> "REPOSITORY" to several other identical remote copies "LOCAL1",
> "LOCAL2", ... (one-way distribution) like this:
> rsync -a --delete host::REPOSITORY_package /net/.../local1
>
> I discovered that when I change a file permission of one file in the
> repository, then the file permissions in the local copy are not updated
> to reflect the change. Is this intentional or do I miss something? I
> would suggest this as an enhancement if it's not already implemented
> somewhere.
What did you change the permissions from and to? I think there are
cases where the permissions are made to be a superset of what the remote
side says and what was there before, but come to think of it I think
that was only when not specifying -p (which is implied by -a).
If you could come up with a complete set of simple commands to reproduce
the problem, including what's in your .conf file, that would help.
> 2)
> When I'm extracting software form a central package handled by an rsync
> server, I have some --include and --exclude statements in the .conf file
> for that server.
> However, I'd like to give end users who extract local copies the ability
> to specify further --exclude options to decrease the amount of data
> transmitted, e.g:
> rsync -a --delete --exclude *HP* host::REPOSITORY_package
> /net/.../local1
> ..to obtain only files for Solaris systems. Unfortunately such an extra
> --exclude on the command line seems to be ignored.
>
> I know I could do this by generating additional "module" entries in the
> .conf file but this proves to be tedious if you've got 2*9*26
> possibilities of things you might want to exclude :-/
>
> Again: Don't I see the solution or may I suggest this as an enhancement?
That should work. Perhaps you didn't specify the exclude pattern properly.
For example, does there happen to be something matching the *HP* pattern
in the directory you run it from such that the shell will expand it before
it gets to rsync?
- Dave Dykstra
