rsync - Aug 2006 - DO NOT REPLY [Bug 4033] New: Get remote disk space

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4033

           Summary: Get remote disk space
           Product: rsync
           Version: 2.6.7
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P3
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned@samba.org
        ReportedBy: dr_sweety_1337@hotmail.com
         QAContact: rsync-qa@samba.org


It would be very nice to have an option for checking the remaining disk space
from a remote node (and don't transfer any files if the value is lower than
a
certain limit). This way, I wouldn't have to transfer a whole bunch of files
just to get an error in the middle of the transfer because the remote side has
run out of disk space. If there would be such an option, rsync could just
refuse to transfer any files but die with an error message instead. I guess
this option will only be possible if the remote side is an rsync daemon but.

Thank you for writing such a great software as rsync, I'm using a lot and am
totally happy with it!


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https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4033





------- Comment #1 from hashproduct+rsync@gmail.com  2007-09-22 22:22 CST
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There is no need to build the check into rsync.  The disk space check can be
done in the --rsync-path (for rsync over a remote shell) or the pre-xfer exec
command (for a daemon); if either of those fails, the transfer will be aborted.
 Unfortunately, returning a meaningful error message to the client is
nontrivial.  To do that, you need my deny-rsync script from bug 3945 comment 2
for remote shell or an implementation of bug 4320 for a daemon.


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