X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Matthias Meyer Subject: RE: RSync random failures Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:22:29 +0100 Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <99158.97760.qm@web56605.mail.re3.yahoo.com>, <9BE596E8BDDC3443BF23B9678D03CC29263E9FA8@ECDS-CLT-MX1.ecdeliverysystems.com> Reply-To: Matthias.Meyer@gmx.li Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit User-Agent: KNode/0.10.9 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Allan Schrum wrote: > > Hi Matthias, > > The problem is when rsync is not actively connected to a client. When > started as a service, an instance of rsync is running listening for > connections. When the connection occurs, the transfer takes place. > Afterwards, the original instance remains still listening for connections. > When running as a service waiting for a connection, something happens to > it which causes it to fail and exit without cleaning up. This leaves a PID > file which blocks all restart attempts. I then must manually clean up the > PID file to allow the service to restart. Obviously, leaving the PID file > should not take place which is the symptom of the true problem. > > Something is causing rsync to fail without cleaning up the PID file. > Sometimes it is a reboot (most often due to that). Sometimes during a > transfer it will fail and not cleanup properly. I have not yet figured > this out and was hoping others saw this as well. > > I did notice that while debugging (with gdb) rsync that if I type Ctrl-C > that the task stops without cleaning up. However, I'm not sure if that is > due to how gdb works, or something else. > > Again, this is with rsync-3.0.4-1. This cleanup problem did not exist with > rsync-2.6.9-2. As a temporary solution, I am back to the older rsync on > most of my machines until we get this current problem resolved. > > Thanks, > > -Allan Hi Allen, I didn't understand your problem. You didn't need this PID file. Simply remove the line pid file = xxxx from your rsyncd.conf br Matthias -- Don't panic -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/