Does rsync need a --ignore-unreadable-files option?

Allen Supynuk allen.supynuk at gmail.com
Fri Jan 11 08:16:46 MST 2013


Will do.

On 1/11/13, Karl O. Pinc <kop at meme.com> wrote:
> On 01/11/2013 09:08:52 AM, Allen Supynuk wrote:
>> > While you're at it, why not a more generic
>> > --ignore-errno foo
>> > where foo is (a defined subset of) the Posix error numbers
>> > listed in errno(3).  The names, alternately, could be
>> > used.
>> >
>> > So your application would use
>> >
>> > --ignore-errno EACCES
>>
>> Karl,
>>
>> I love this suggestion, and will do it this way if there is
>> consensus.
>
> If there's confusion about what this option is supposed to
> do then write the patch for the man page
> and send it around so people know
> just what is is you will do.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Karl <kop at meme.com>
> Free Software:  "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
>                  -- Robert A. Heinlein
>
>


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