Source files in use or modified while transfer

2010-06-03 Thread HomeRun4711
Hi! I have a question on rsync's way to deal with files in use or files that are modified on the source while they are transferrred to the destination. Yes, I searched the web and found In rsync, transfers are done to a temporary file, which is cut over atomically, so the transfer either

Re: Source files in use or modified while transfer

2010-06-03 Thread Carlos Carvalho
HomeRun4711 (homerun4...@googlemail.com) wrote on 3 June 2010 11:27: I have a question on rsync's way to deal with files in use or files that are modified on the source while they are transferrred to the destination. [removed] But what if e.g. a large mailbox file is changed on the source