rsync and Perl programming

[Chuck Wolber]

On Wed, 5 May 2004, Jim Salter wrote:

> Hi everybody -
> 
> I'm trying to write a Perl wrapper for some rsync tasks that need doing.
>   Problem is, there's some sort of odd interaction going on between Perl
> and the daemon mode communication for the rsync client, and I'm at my
> wit's end in trying to figure it out.

Try unbuffering your I/O in the script. Add the following line somewhere 
towards the top:

$| = 1;

Note: that's the "pipe" symbol after the dollar sign.

-Chuck

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