Re: [MiNT] rsync doesn't exit

[p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk]

>From mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi  Tue Feb 28 12:47:50 2012
>Subject: Re: [MiNT] rsync doesn't exit
>From: Jo Even Skarstein
>To: mint@lists.fishpool.fi
>Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:44:29 +0100
>
>On Tue, 2012-02-28 at 14:57 +0000, Alan Hourihane wrote:
>
>> > I don't have any rsync in my $PATH. I just ran it locally from /ram.
>> >
>> Have you tried running it from disk instead of /ram ?
>
>I just did, it didn't make a difference. I also installed the entire
>package instead of just ripping out the rsync binary. That didn't make
>any difference either. Seems like the rest of the stuff in the archive
>is related to running a rsync daemon.
>
>I can see that rsync spawns a child which again spawn another child. The
>last child exits when the copying process is finished, the first child
>doesn't.
>
>Maybe I will have to try it on my Milan in case this problem is related
>to the Firebee.
>
>Jo Even

Hi,

I was planning to use rsync to copy each of my Milan partitions onto a new drive.
Did you ever get to the bottom of this problem ?

Peter