rsync - Dec 2001 - return status of rsync

Hello,

rsync returns zero if it is successful but a non-zero (2816) if it can
not find any file(s) to move across. Just curious if that should still
return zero ?

nkapoor> rsync -av * nk01::incoming
building file list ... * : No such file or directory
done
wrote 73 bytes  read 337 bytes  820.00 bytes/sec
total size is 0  speedup is 0.00

I am trying to use this return status to determine if the rsync
operation was successful. But the source may or may not have any files
to send. Is there a better way to do this ?

Thanks
Nishi

instead of "*", which may not match anything, and thus name something
that
doesn't exist, try using ".", which is the current directory. 
This isn't
dos, and * has no special meaning to rsync.  it is, rather, globbed by 
your shell, being replaced by whatever it matches, or returned as a 
literal "*". 

Tim Conway
tim.conway@philips.com
303.682.4917
Philips Semiconductor - Longmont TC
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Longmont, CO 80501
Available via SameTime Connect within Philips, n9hmg on AIM
perl -e 'print pack(nnnnnnnnnnnn, 
19061,29556,8289,28271,29800,25970,8304,25970,27680,26721,25451,25970), 
".\n" '
"There are some who call me.... Tim?"




"Kapoor, Nishikant X" <Nishikant.X.Kapoor@xcelenergy.com>
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Hello,

rsync returns zero if it is successful but a non-zero (2816) if it can
not find any file(s) to move across. Just curious if that should still
return zero ?

nkapoor> rsync -av * nk01::incoming
building file list ... * : No such file or directory
done
wrote 73 bytes  read 337 bytes  820.00 bytes/sec
total size is 0  speedup is 0.00

I am trying to use this return status to determine if the rsync
operation was successful. But the source may or may not have any files
to send. Is there a better way to do this ?

Thanks
Nishi