ctrl -c while executing --progress --size-only --partial results in unhidden but incomplete file

Kevin Korb
2023-06-07T19:26:15Z

That is what --partial does.  It keeps the partial file.  If it kept the
temporary file with the random file name that would just be a useless
orphaned file.

On 6/7/23 15:02, Lacey, Nathan via rsync wrote:
> This is a clone from https://github.com/WayneD/rsync/issues/484
> <https://github.com/WayneD/rsync/issues/484>
>
> run rsync with --progress --size-only --partial (version 3.1.2) also
> tested/built current master ( 3.3.0pre1-5-g6f3c5ecc )
> everything works fine unless I interrupt a transfer ( ctrl c )
>
> I would expect to see the incomplete, temporary, hidden file present on
> the remote machine.
> So that when I call rsync again, it could just pick up where it left off
> and continue transferring data.
>
> But instead there is no hidden file, and the partial/incomplete file
> exists, as the actual filename.
>
> This is bad, because any code that is expecting existing non-hidden
> files to be complete will have issues.
>
> I apologize if I've missed the command line options I'm looking for
> Thanks for maintaining a critical piece of software!
>
>
>

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