i/o timeout errors with cygwin

[Robert Fitzpatrick]

On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 10:28 -0800, Wayne Davison wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 11:37:33PM -0500, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:
> > but to run rsync on the unix server pulling down from a Windows 
> > server, I get i/o timeouts.
> 
> This is a known cygwin problem that is often mentioned on the list
> (google for "rsync cygwin pipe hang" if you want to read about it and
> the available work-arounds).  Hopefully the cygwin folks will fix it
> before too much longer.  I'd also recommend asking them about it so
> that they are aware that people are still interested in a fix.
> 
> ..wayne..
> 

Thanks, I'll see if I can use a workaround. How do I go about letting
them know?

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Robert