Getting nowhere syncing a download

[Max Bowsher]

bob parker wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 03:47, Max Bowsher wrote:
>> bob parker wrote:
>>> Ok, here it is.
>>> bob at debian:~/archive/knoppix$ rsync -vv
>>> rsync://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso
>>> KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso
>>> opening tcp connection to ftp.gwdg.de port 873
>>> KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso is uptodate
>>> wrote 102 bytes  read 85 bytes  41.56 bytes/sec
>>> total size is 732921856  speedup is 3919368.21
>>>
>>> And the md5sum check
>>>
>>> bob at debian:~/archive/knoppix$ md5sum -c
>>> KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso.md5 md5sum: MD5 check failed for
>>> 'KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso'
>>>
>>> I downloaded the md5sum again just to be sure but it still fails.
>>
>> Curious. I wonder why rsync thinks the file is up to date.
>>
>> Maybe the -I or -c options would make it look more carefully.
>
> The -l option (still verbose)

The -(uppercase I) option, not the -(lowercase l) option.

> bob at debian:~/archive/knoppix$ rsync -l -vv
> rsync://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso
> KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso
> opening tcp connection to ftp.gwdg.de port 873
> KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso is uptodate
> wrote 103 bytes  read 85 bytes  28.92 bytes/sec
> total size is 732921856  speedup is 3898520.51
>
> The -c option
> bob at debian:~/archive/knoppix$ rsync -c -vv
> rsync://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso
> KNOPPIX_V3.1-2003-01-20-EN.iso
> opening tcp connection to ftp.gwdg.de port 873
> rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (24 bytes read so far)
> rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at
> io.c(150)
>
> Weird!

Very. If you try the same command again? (i.e. was it just a network
problem?)

Max.