What version of rsync are you running? I saw some of the 2.4.x's lose
track of what they were doing and get lost. You might consider an
upgrade (or even try a downgrade if you are really having trouble).
Suggestion: use the --timeout option. That has helped a lot on the
rsync's I'm doing.
eric
"Paul J. Dolan" wrote:
>
> I'm trying to rsync to a backup machine,
> and quite often rsync will get a certain
> percentage through the sync and then go
> into sleep on both machines.
>
> I know this problem description is vague,
> but that's simply because I have no idea
> where to start investigating this problem.
>
> building file list ... done
> Campaign/
> Campaign/campaign.dat -> campaign.dat.000927123820
> Campaign/campaign.dat.000927123820
> 234959 (100%)
> Campaign/page_plan.dat -> page_plan.dat.000927123820
> Campaign/page_plan.dat.000927123820
> 357395 (100%)
> Temp/OasDefault/
> Temp/OasDefault/fCam.db
> 638693 (100%)
> Temp/OasDefault/fPag.db
> 162528 (8%)
>
> then the next time, it gets a little more done:
>
> building file list ... done
> Campaign/
> Temp/OasDefault/
> Temp/OasDefault/fPag.db
> 552347 (27%)
>
> i'm running with these flags:
>
> -vaz --progress --stats -e /usr/local/bin/ssh --rsync-path=/usr/local/bin/rsync
>
> any advice is much appreciated...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul J. Dolan
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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