I am rsyncing to data from one machine (Server) running rsync --deamon (from inetd) to another (client) using /usr/bin/rsync -azq --delete --timeout=60 --contimeout=60 "10.1.1.100::data/" "/data/data/" on the client which works well as you would expect (takes about 34secs with no changes). however, if I disconnect the (dedicated) net cable between the machines mid sync, rsync does not quit after 60seconds as expected. 2 hours later it is still not quitting. I can reliably repeat this behaviour. just start a sync, and unplug the net cable after a few seconds. i'm running rsync 3.1.0 on both ends (on slackware 14.1 64bit) (3.1.1 is not yet available for slackware) any suggestions appreciated, thanks Tim