Re: RFE to allow dry-run against read only target

[Perry Hutchison]

Paul Slootman  wrote:
> On Fri 01 Jul 2016, Stuart Anderson wrote:
> > I would like to request that rsync -n to an rsync server target that
> > is read only be supported rather than generating the following error,
> > ERROR: module is read only
> > ...
> Of course, one could argue that the point of the -n option is to test if
> it will work when the -n option is removed. That would not be the case
> here.

This could be covered by emitting a warning (rather than an error)
if the target of --dry-run is read-only.

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Re: RFE to allow dry-run against read only target

[Paul Slootman]

On Fri 01 Jul 2016, Stuart Anderson wrote:

> I would like to request that rsync -n to an rsync server target that is read 
> only be supported rather than generating the following error,
> ERROR: module is read only
> 
> The motivation is to allow the generation of a list of files against an rsync 
> target that will be used by another application. Since dry-run mode does not 
> require write access it would be convenient if the “module is read only” 
> error message was only thrown if/when a write attempt is made and not assume 
> write access is needed.

Of course, one could argue that the point of the -n option is to test if
it will work when the -n option is removed. That would not be the case
here.


Paul

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RFE to allow dry-run against read only target

[Stuart Anderson]

I would like to request that rsync -n to an rsync server target that is read 
only be supported rather than generating the following error,
ERROR: module is read only

The motivation is to allow the generation of a list of files against an rsync 
target that will be used by another application. Since dry-run mode does not 
require write access it would be convenient if the “module is read only” error 
message was only thrown if/when a write attempt is made and not assume write 
access is needed.

Thanks.

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