On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 04:15:29PM -, Daniel J. Conlon wrote:
I am trying to mirror a file system using rsync. The command I am using
is of the form:
rsync -a /fs/home/6/ /usr/fs/home/6
/fs/home/6/ is an NFS file system, /usr/fs/home/6 is a local disk.
With versions 2.4.6 and 2.4.7pre1, rsync hangs at random places during
the building file list phase. I tried with and without -v option(s) and
tried breaking the file system down into smaller chunks with no
improvement.
I have read of many similar problems with later versions of rsync so I
tried with version 2.3.2. This time rsync did not produce any errors,
but did not copy anything. /usr/fs/home/6 is at this point empty so it
should have copied the entire file system. By using the v options(s) and
by breaking the file system down into smaller and smaller sections I
found that rsync was existing at the same point during the building file
list phase, specifically, when it hit's this directory:
make_file(4,a/d/adrenalinuk/public_html/cgi-bin/misc/ib3/Database/Databa
se/Database/active_sessions/Database/Database/address_books/Database/Dat
abase/Database/authorisation/Database/Database/board_statistics/Database
/Database/categories/Database/Database/config/Database/config/Database/c
onfig/Database/config/Database/config/Database/config/Database/config/Da
tabase/config/Database/config/Database/config/Database/config/Database/c
onfig/Database/config/Database/config/Database/config/Database/config/Da
tabase/config/Database/config/Database/config/Database/config/Database/c
onfig/Database/config/Database/config/Database/config/Database/config/Da
tabase/config/Database/config/Database/Database/email_templates/Database
/Database/forum_info/Database/Database/forum_moderators/Database/Databas
e/forum_polls/Database/Database/forum_posts/Database/Database/forum_rule
s/Database/Database/forum_subscriptions/Database/Database/forum_topics/D
atabase/Database/help/Database/Database/Database/mem_groups/Database/mem
_groups)
Is there some kind limit on the depth of file system rsync can cope
with? Or the length of the filename? If so, how can I increase it or
simply have rsync ignore paths or depths greater than the maximum,
rather than just exiting?
If there is no limit, how can I overcome this problem?
Many thanks for your help in advance.
Yes, MAXPATHLEN defaults to 1024 in rsync.h. You didn't mention your
operating system, but on Solaris, it is also set the same in param.h so I
would think you would have problems with other tools as well. I don't know
if forcing MAXPATHLEN to a larger value will help or not.
- Dave Dykstra
