4.4BSD chflags support for rsync

[Dave Dykstra]

I'm sorry for the long delay in replying.  I'm cleaning up my rsync mailbox
now after a one week vacation and about a month of not having time to look
at it.

I think the --flags patch is probably fine, except that that the short
description should at least say "preserve file flags" instead of just
"preserve flags" since most people wouldn't know what "flags" means.

I don't like --ignore-existing, though.  What's the point of using rsync
if you're not updating existing files?

- Dave



On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 08:18:11PM +0100, Rolf Grossmann wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> 
> on Fri, 8 Mar 2002 11:55:10 -0600 Dave Dykstra wrote 
> concerning "Re: 4.4BSD chflags support for rsync" something like this:
> 
> > New options are usually handled by just letting the remote side fail when
> > it doesn't understand the option, as you're doing.  Perhaps you just
> > shouldn't include it with -a.
> 
> Ok, changed that. I also put a note in the manpage.
> 
> > At a minimum, you'd need to update the rsync.yo and rsync.1 versions of
> > the man page before it could be accepted.
> 
> Heh, I knew I forgot something. ;) I've updated the patch. When building
> the new rsync.1 manpage, an entry about --ignore-existing was also included
> and is contained in my patch.
> 
> Please let me know what you think.
> 
> Thanks, Rolf
> 
> > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 07:12:47PM +0100, rg at progtech.net wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> I've changed rsync to support the BSD change file flags. However, this
> >> raises some compatibility problems, especially when including it with
> >> the -a option. If the remote host does not understand the new option
> >> for updating file flags, the user gets an error message about an
> >> unknown option. How should I handle this?
> >> 
> >> If you'd like to look at the patch (and preferably integrate it with the
> >> main source ;)) you can get it at http://www.progtech.net/rsync.flags-patch
> >> All comments are welcome, but please CC me directly as I'm not on the list.
> >> 
> >> Thanks and bye,
> >> Rolf
> 
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