rsync -e ssh --bwlimit=20 ?

J Robinson jrobinson852 at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 4 15:06:35 EST 2002


Yup, that explained it -- I had an older version of
rsync on the remote side, just like you guessed. 
Thanks Tim!

--- tim.conway at philips.com wrote:
> My results:
>
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> Tools at willy
> /users/Tools/tcc>rsync --bwlimit=20
> sim/dist/sdonetsvr/sim.lic.010703 
> atlas:/tmp
> Tools at willy
> /users/Tools/tcc>rsync --version
> rsync  version 2.5.1pre3  protocol version 25
> Copyright (C) 1996-2001 by Andrew Tridgell and
> others
> <http://rsync.samba.org/>
> Capabilities: 64-bit files, socketpairs, hard links,
> symlinks, batchfiles, 
> no IPv6
> 
> Tools at willy
> /users/Tools/tcc>uname -a
> SunOS willy 5.7 Generic_106541-07 sun4u sparc
> SUNW,Ultra-4
> Tools at willy
> /users/Tools/tcc>
>
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> the second command is the crux. 
> How about a
> "rsync --version;rsh from.com rsync --version"
> I'm guessing we'll see one or both with a version
> that doesn't support 
> bwlimit.
> Tim Conway
> 
> 
> 
> 
> J Robinson 
> 
> 
> Hello Everyone:
> I've been trying to get rsync using --bwlimit
> using openssh for transport without success.
> 
> Here's what I get: 
> 
>   % rsync --bwlimit=20 from.com:/dir/file.txt /dest
>   user at from.com's password:  ****
>   rsync: unrecognized option `--bwlimit=20'
>   unexpected EOF in read_timeout
> 
> I tried specifying ssh transport using both the 
> -e option and by setting the RSYNC_RSH evironment
> variable--  it made no difference. rsync works as
> expected without the --bwlimit option.
> 
> I know --bwlimit is a fairly new feature. and I
> researched this as much as I could without going
> into
> the source code... anyone able to get this to work,
> or
> have any tips?
> Thanks 
> jrobinson
> 

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