PATCH: --write-devices to allow synchronising to a block device

2011-08-08 Thread Lars Täuber
Hello list, I found this patch in the archive of the mailing list and a diff in the current rsync-patches git master. The current rsync-patches-3.0.8.tar.gz doesn't contain this patch. Why this? I adapted the current version from the git master so it compiles a patched 3.0.8 version. The

Re: PATCH: --write-devices to allow synchronising to a block device

2009-10-20 Thread Darryl Dixon - Winterhouse Consulting
Hi List, I haven't had any response to this mail over the last week - does no-one have any comments or opinion? I highly doubt my code is pristine and perfect ;) Is there a possibility that this patch could be included in the general rsync-patches distribution? regards, Darryl Dixon Winterhouse

Re: PATCH: --write-devices to allow synchronising to a block device

2009-10-20 Thread Wayne Davison
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Darryl Dixon - Winterhouse Consulting darryl.di...@winterhouseconsulting.com wrote: I haven't had any response to this mail over the last week - does no-one have any comments or opinion? I highly doubt my code is pristine and perfect ;) Is there a possibility

PATCH: --write-devices to allow synchronising to a block device

2009-10-15 Thread Darryl Dixon - Winterhouse Consulting
Hi List, I had a need recently to efficiently synchronise between some large LUNs (boot drive disks) at two different datacentres. Solutions like drbd and $proprietary_array_vendors_software were overkill - we only needed (wanted!) to periodically synchronise these LUNs whenever major changes