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Pfft, where's the fun in not figuring out why rsync in particular fails?

Bratchley
– Bratchley

2013-04-24 18:29:37 +00:00
Commented Apr 24, 2013 at 18:29
Sorry, I wasn't clear. Rsync specifically checks for files truncated during read and throws this error.

mattdm
– mattdm

2013-04-24 18:32:23 +00:00
Commented Apr 24, 2013 at 18:32
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I'd presume they have this behaviour because until you actually read them, what's "there" is not absolutely certain; the read is really a request for dynamic information from the kernel. So the kernel does not try to give accurate details WRT to the file size, etc, in advance, and as you point out, rsync takes such a discrepancy as a bad sign.

goldilocks
– goldilocks

2013-04-24 19:19:52 +00:00
Commented Apr 24, 2013 at 19:19

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