rsync - Sep 2006 - Clarification on the RSYNC_RAW_STATUS and RSYNC_EXIT_STATUS

I've noticed that even if rsync has a non-zero exit code on the client that
the server still reports an exit status of 0.  For example, I've received an
error 23 with the following output on the client-side "rsync error: some
files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(954) [sender=2.6.9cvs]"
while the server-side rsync_raw_status and rsync_exit_status were still both
zero.  The error code returned by rsync on the client side was correctly 23.
Will the rsync server-side error status report the same exit code the client
reports?  It seems like if the client or the server experience an error that
the rsync_raw_status or the rsync_exit_status should represent the same
value, right?

Rob

On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 11:13:04AM -0600, Rob Bosch
wrote:
> I've noticed that even if rsync has a non-zero exit code on the client
that
> the server still reports an exit status of 0.
This can happen if the error occurred on the client side because there
is no attempt to get the final exit status from the client side to the
server side.  The only thing this server-side exit status tells you is
the exit status of the server process.

..wayne..

Wayne, thanks for the clarification.  We're going to use a SQL query
across the SSH tunnel to the database where we are centralizing the
errors.  Given this structure we can see if the server reported the
error such as an interrupt or some dropped connection.  If it didn't
we'll post the client result.  This covers us in there is a drop in the
remote link.  Anyway, thanks!

Rob

"Wayne Davison" <wayned@samba.org> wrote in message
news:<20060920033509.GB12185@blorf.net>...
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 11:13:04AM -0600, Rob Bosch wrote:
> > I've noticed that even if rsync has a non-zero exit code on the
client that
> > the server still reports an exit status of 0.
> 
> This can happen if the error occurred on the client side because there
> is no attempt to get the final exit status from the client side to the
> server side.  The only thing this server-side exit status tells you is
> the exit status of the server process.
> 
> ..wayne..
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