On Sun, 2004-07-25 at 11:22, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: > "Clif J. Smith" writes: > > > I'm trying to rsync data from a WinXP system running Cygwin to a Fedora > > Core 2 system. When running the following command from my Fedora > > system, it'll build a file list for a while, but never actually sync > > anything and complete: > > # /usr/bin/rsync -avvvv --delete --numeric-ids --rsh=/usr/bin/ssh \ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cygdrive/d/directory/ /fs1/directory/ > > > > It never hangs at the same spot. I can rsync to other Linux and > > Solaris systems without issue. I never see an error, it just > > hangs... > > You may be seeing the classic "cygwin rsync hang" problem: > > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-10/msg01807.html > > The problem arises because Cygwin's select() indicates "OK to write" > on pipes even when the pipe is full and the write will block. The > write blocks even though the pipe is flagged O_NONBLOCK. > > Bob Byrnes, who did the diagnosis above (and who is a coworker of > mine) has patched our local copy of Cygwin to implement proper > select() for writing on pipes, as well as to fix some other hangs. He > is working on getting the patches and documentation into shape for > submission. > > - Pat Thanks for the insight and I anxiously await the patch!
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