rsync --backup is non-atomic -- does it need to be?

2012-07-27 Thread JD Paul
logic before attempting a patch.) Thanks -- JD Paul -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr

Re: rsync server over SSH [includes code patches]

2001-12-19 Thread JD Paul
On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Martin Pool wrote: On 4 Dec 2001, JD Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a new version of my rsync-server-over-remote-shell patch: This looks good. My main reservation is that it makes it even harder to explain how rsync works, but I think the increase

Re: rsync server over SSH [includes code patches]

2001-11-27 Thread JD Paul
Hi -- Sorry for the delay getting back to you; Thanksgiving holiday intervened and I'm only now catching up on my email backlog 1. You're entirely right about the --remote-user option. I'll remove that. 2. I'll merge with the latest version from CVS. 3. I'll do that; I prefer -u myself.

Re: rsync server over SSH [includes code patches]

2001-11-27 Thread JD Paul
Actually, my patch already has that in rsync_module(): if (is_a_socket(f_in)) { addr = client_addr(f_in); host = client_name(f_in); } else { char *ssh_client = getenv(SSH_CLIENT); addr = ssh_client ? ssh_client :

Re: rsync server over SSH [includes code patches]

2001-11-20 Thread JD Paul
On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Dave Dykstra wrote: rsync [options] -e ssh source [...] [user@]host:::module[/path] rsync [options] -e ssh [user@]host:::module[/path] dest I'm uncomfortable with adding yet another syntax. I'd prefer just keying off the -e when the two colons are used. Currently