rsync - Jul 2003 - Rsync sharing connections

Hi !

I am running rsync between two server machines where files are being
created and removed from both machines simultaneously and I am facing
the following problem :

When a new file is created on machine 1 it is transferred to machine 2
without any problem, the same happens if a file is deleted from machine
1. But if  a new file is created on machine 2, it is deleted from that
machine before being copied to machine 1.

On time: The machines are sharing connections, they are not master and
slave. I am running a script each 5 seconds executing
rsync  --verbose  --recursive --delete ...

Does anybody have an idea how to solve that ?

Thanks in advance,

Luis.

On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 04:39:28PM -0300, Luis Gustavo Perez
wrote:
> When a new file is created on machine 1 it is transferred to machine 2
> without any problem, the same happens if a file is deleted from machine
> 1. But if  a new file is created on machine 2, it is deleted from that
> machine before being copied to machine 1.
Rsync only transferrs files in a single direction.  For what you're
doing, you should check into a distributed filesystem, such as the
self-certifying filesystem (http://www.fs.net/) or AFS.  Alternately,
look into the program named unison (but your desire to update every 5
seconds makes a more direct soltuion a much better choice).

..wayne..