Tweaked a couple sentences.
[rsync/rsync-patches.git] / copy-devices.diff
1 This patch adds the --copy-devices option, which will try to copy
2 the data inside a device instead of duplicating the device node.
3
4 To use this patch, run these commands for a successful build:
5
6     patch -p1 <patches/copy-devices.diff
7     ./configure                      (optional if already run)
8     make
9
10 based-on: 3b8f8192227b14e708bf535072485e50f4362270
11 diff --git a/generator.c b/generator.c
12 --- a/generator.c
13 +++ b/generator.c
14 @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ extern int preserve_acls;
15  extern int preserve_xattrs;
16  extern int preserve_links;
17  extern int preserve_devices;
18 +extern int copy_devices;
19  extern int preserve_specials;
20  extern int preserve_hard_links;
21  extern int preserve_executability;
22 @@ -1496,7 +1497,7 @@ static void recv_generator(char *fname, struct file_struct *file, int ndx,
23                 goto cleanup;
24         }
25  
26 -       if (!S_ISREG(file->mode)) {
27 +       if (!(S_ISREG(file->mode) || (copy_devices && IS_DEVICE(file->mode)))) {
28                 if (solo_file)
29                         fname = f_name(file, NULL);
30                 rprintf(FINFO, "skipping non-regular file \"%s\"\n", fname);
31 diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
32 --- a/options.c
33 +++ b/options.c
34 @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ int append_mode = 0;
35  int keep_dirlinks = 0;
36  int copy_dirlinks = 0;
37  int copy_links = 0;
38 +int copy_devices = 0;
39  int preserve_links = 0;
40  int preserve_hard_links = 0;
41  int preserve_acls = 0;
42 @@ -695,6 +696,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
43    rprintf(F," -o, --owner                 preserve owner (super-user only)\n");
44    rprintf(F," -g, --group                 preserve group\n");
45    rprintf(F,"     --devices               preserve device files (super-user only)\n");
46 +  rprintf(F,"     --copy-devices          copy device contents as regular file\n");
47    rprintf(F,"     --specials              preserve special files\n");
48    rprintf(F," -D                          same as --devices --specials\n");
49    rprintf(F," -t, --times                 preserve modification times\n");
50 @@ -863,6 +865,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[] = {
51    {"no-D",             0,  POPT_ARG_NONE,   0, OPT_NO_D, 0, 0 },
52    {"devices",          0,  POPT_ARG_VAL,    &preserve_devices, 1, 0, 0 },
53    {"no-devices",       0,  POPT_ARG_VAL,    &preserve_devices, 0, 0, 0 },
54 +  {"copy-devices",     0,  POPT_ARG_NONE,   &copy_devices, 0, 0, 0 },
55    {"specials",         0,  POPT_ARG_VAL,    &preserve_specials, 1, 0, 0 },
56    {"no-specials",      0,  POPT_ARG_VAL,    &preserve_specials, 0, 0, 0 },
57    {"links",           'l', POPT_ARG_VAL,    &preserve_links, 1, 0, 0 },
58 @@ -2627,6 +2630,9 @@ void server_options(char **args, int *argc_p)
59         else if (remove_source_files)
60                 args[ac++] = "--remove-sent-files";
61  
62 +       if (copy_devices)
63 +               args[ac++] = "--copy-devices";
64 +
65         if (ac > MAX_SERVER_ARGS) { /* Not possible... */
66                 rprintf(FERROR, "argc overflow in server_options().\n");
67                 exit_cleanup(RERR_MALLOC);
68 diff --git a/rsync.c b/rsync.c
69 --- a/rsync.c
70 +++ b/rsync.c
71 @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ extern int preserve_xattrs;
72  extern int preserve_perms;
73  extern int preserve_executability;
74  extern int preserve_times;
75 +extern int copy_devices;
76  extern int am_root;
77  extern int am_server;
78  extern int am_sender;
79 @@ -380,7 +381,8 @@ int read_ndx_and_attrs(int f_in, int f_out, int *iflag_ptr, uchar *type_ptr,
80  
81         if (iflags & ITEM_TRANSFER) {
82                 int i = ndx - cur_flist->ndx_start;
83 -               if (i < 0 || !S_ISREG(cur_flist->files[i]->mode)) {
84 +               struct file_struct *file = cur_flist->files[i];
85 +               if (i < 0 || !(S_ISREG(file->mode) || (copy_devices && IS_DEVICE(file->mode)))) {
86                         rprintf(FERROR,
87                                 "received request to transfer non-regular file: %d [%s]\n",
88                                 ndx, who_am_i());
89 diff --git a/sender.c b/sender.c
90 --- a/sender.c
91 +++ b/sender.c
92 @@ -336,6 +336,20 @@ void send_files(int f_in, int f_out)
93                         exit_cleanup(RERR_PROTOCOL);
94                 }
95  
96 +               /* On Matt's computer, st_size is falsely 0 for most devices.
97 +                * If this happens, try harder to determine the actual device size. */
98 +               if (IS_DEVICE(st.st_mode) && st.st_size == 0) {
99 +                       OFF_T off = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
100 +                       if (off == (OFF_T) -1)
101 +                               rsyserr(FERROR, errno, "failed to seek to end of %s to determine size", fname);
102 +                       else {
103 +                               st.st_size = off;
104 +                               off = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
105 +                               if (off != 0)
106 +                                       rsyserr(FERROR, errno, "failed to seek back to beginning of %s to read it", fname);
107 +                       }
108 +               }
109 +
110                 if (st.st_size) {
111                         int32 read_size = MAX(s->blength * 3, MAX_MAP_SIZE);
112                         mbuf = map_file(fd, st.st_size, read_size, s->blength);