rsync - Dec 2009 - DO NOT REPLY [Bug 6950] New: delay-updates option generate temporal empty fodlers

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6950

           Summary: delay-updates option generate temporal empty fodlers
           Product: rsync
           Version: 3.0.6
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned at samba.org
        ReportedBy: monkiki at gmail.com
         QAContact: rsync-qa at samba.org


I use the "--delay-updates" option to make "atomic" updates
in a remote host.
This way the big files (mp4 videos) are hidden until the whole changes have
been transmitted. This works fine, but these big files are located in several
folders and this folders are created in the remote host at the beginin of the
rsync start and are shown as empty because the files are not visible until the
transfer is completed. I think that these folder should also be hidden until
the whole transfer is completed.


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------- Comment #1 from matt at mattmccutchen.net  2009-12-04 16:31 CST -------
This is not a bug, but maybe it should be an enhancement request. 
--delay-updates works at the level of individual non-directory files; directory
creation is not delayed.  In fact, the apparently empty directories contain the
staged files in a hidden subdirectory named ".~tmp~".

Also look into the "atomic-rsync" script distributed with rsync for a
more
comprehensive atomic-update solution.


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monkiki at gmail.com changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Severity|normal                      |enhancement




------- Comment #2 from monkiki at gmail.com  2009-12-06 14:46 CST -------
Changed severity to "enhancement" as proposed by Matt McCutchen in
comment #1.

This feature can improve the atomic updates of this great utility.


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