Re: --no-detach option?

2001-11-21 Thread Dave Dykstra
On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 12:23:29PM -, Max Bowsher wrote: I did the same, for cygwin, but I called the option --debug-daemon. --no-detach is probably a better name. Heres my patch. - Original Message - From: Jos Backus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday,

Re: --no-detach option?

2001-11-21 Thread tim . conway
Not in daemon mode. = # ps -ef |grep rsync # rsync --daemon # ps -ef |grep rsync root 23716 1 0 07:42:58 ?0:00 rsync --daemon # rsync localhost:: tconway # Like most daemons, it

Re: --no-detach option?

2001-11-21 Thread Dave Dykstra
Excuse me, I meant to say if stdin in IS a socket. - Dave Dykstra On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 07:46:29AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not in daemon mode. = # ps -ef |grep rsync # rsync --daemon # ps -ef |grep rsync root 23716 1 0

Compressed backup mode?

2001-11-21 Thread Holger Jahn
Hi list! Is there any way to tell rsync to keep the mirrored files compressed? I'd like to use it for backup purposes and would like to save some space on the target machine. If there's no such way, I probably have to reactivate my C-skills (But I hope that ain't necessary :)) Holger

Re: --no-detach option?

2001-11-21 Thread Jos Backus
On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 08:54:18AM -0600, Dave Dykstra wrote: Excuse me, I meant to say if stdin in IS a socket. That mode of operation is indeed useful when running rsync --daemon from inetd or tcpserver. I am talking about a mode in which rsync still listen()s, etc. but can be managed by its

delete-before-update patch

2001-11-21 Thread Don Mahurin
I have been using this simple patch enough that I know it works for my purpose, now I submit it here, for comments. --delete-before-update implies -W, unlinks the destination file just before the new (temporary) file is written. This would be used when writing to a small or near full medium

Re: --no-detach option?

2001-11-21 Thread Dave Dykstra
On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 11:07:21AM -0800, Jos Backus wrote: On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 08:54:18AM -0600, Dave Dykstra wrote: Excuse me, I meant to say if stdin in IS a socket. That mode of operation is indeed useful when running rsync --daemon from inetd or tcpserver. I am talking about a

Re: --no-detach option?

2001-11-21 Thread Jos Backus
On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 03:27:52PM -0600, Dave Dykstra wrote: I'm not familiar with daemontools; I checked the web site and it wasn't obvious to me. What's the advantage of using daemontools supervise? Why does it need to run the daemon as a subprocess? Like AIX's SRC (System Resource

Re: How to setup Rsync as an NT Service

2001-11-21 Thread Lapo Luchini
To create the install package described here you will need to obtain a copy of the NT Server or Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit. There are many sources for these utilities. Perhaps the easiest is to get the book and CD from any technical bookstore or online at http://www.amazon.com for as

Re: Bandwidth Limits

2001-11-21 Thread Martin Pool
On 20 Nov 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is a bit less than obvious... It can be sure about its own kBps, but wire protocols may vary... 100Mbps of ethernet is not 100/16 ofr 16Mbps token ring is not 100/1.044 of T1 is not ...whatever rsh,, ssh, and rsync transport protocols vary