search for: rsync_partial_dir

Rsync version 2.6.7pre1 is now available for release testing. Please give it a try and send email to the regular mailing list with any questions, comments, bug reports, etc. You can read all about the latest improvements and bug-fixes in the NEWS file: http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/preview/rsync-2.6.7pre1-NEWS For the tar file itself, you'll find it here (with its signature):

What happens when rsync'ing a file that is damaged bacause of a bad sector on the source medium? I assume that the file will be synchronized partially, overwriting any file of the same name on the destination medium. If that is the case, is there a way to make rsync check readability of files before overwriting them on the target medium (e.g. by synching to a temp. file and, once

...o that only symlinks-to-directories on the receiver that match a real directory on the sender are treated as if they were a real directory. This eliminates some weird delete behavior for symlinks that point inside the transferred hierarchy. - Also added support for the RSYNC_PARTIAL_DIR environment variable that, when found, transforms a regular --partial option (such as the convenient -P option) into one that also specifies a directory. - Added the ability to parse a literal IPv6 address in an "rsync:" URL (e.g. rsync://[2001:638:500:101::21]:873/...

...o that only symlinks-to-directories on the receiver that match a real directory on the sender are treated as if they were a real directory. This eliminates some weird delete behavior for symlinks that point inside the transferred hierarchy. - Also added support for the RSYNC_PARTIAL_DIR environment variable that, when found, transforms a regular --partial option (such as the convenient -P option) into one that also specifies a directory. - Added the ability to parse a literal IPv6 address in an "rsync:" URL (e.g. rsync://[2001:638:500:101::21]:873/...