This patch from Sami Farin lets you specify --fsync if you want fsync()
to be called on every file we write.
---- orig/options.c 2004-10-08 20:16:26
-+++ options.c 2004-07-03 20:18:13
+--- orig/options.c 2005-01-17 23:11:45
++++ options.c 2004-11-27 18:10:44
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ int make_backups = 0;
**/
int whole_file = -1;
int archive_mode = 0;
int keep_dirlinks = 0;
int copy_links = 0;
-@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
+@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
rprintf(F," -b, --backup make backups (see --suffix & --backup-dir)\n");
rprintf(F," --backup-dir make backups into this directory\n");
rprintf(F," --suffix=SUFFIX backup suffix (default %s w/o --backup-dir)\n",BACKUP_SUFFIX);
+ rprintf(F," --fsync fsync every written file\n");
rprintf(F," -u, --update update only (don't overwrite newer files)\n");
- rprintf(F," --inplace update destination files inplace (SEE MAN PAGE)\n");
+ rprintf(F," --inplace update destination files in-place (SEE MAN PAGE)\n");
rprintf(F," -K, --keep-dirlinks treat symlinked dir on receiver as dir\n");
-@@ -346,6 +348,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[]
+@@ -350,6 +352,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[]
{"safe-links", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &safe_symlinks, 0, 0, 0 },
- {"help", 'h', POPT_ARG_NONE, 0, 'h', 0, 0 },
+ {"help", 'h', POPT_ARG_NONE, 0, 'h', 0, 0 },
{"backup", 'b', POPT_ARG_NONE, &make_backups, 0, 0, 0 },
+ {"fsync", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &do_fsync, 0, 0, 0 },
{"dry-run", 'n', POPT_ARG_NONE, &dry_run, 0, 0, 0 },
{"sparse", 'S', POPT_ARG_NONE, &sparse_files, 0, 0, 0 },
{"cvs-exclude", 'C', POPT_ARG_NONE, &cvs_exclude, 0, 0, 0 },
-@@ -1078,6 +1081,9 @@ void server_options(char **args,int *arg
+@@ -1208,6 +1211,9 @@ void server_options(char **args,int *arg
args[ac++] = tmpdir;
}
+ if (do_fsync && am_sender)
+ args[ac++] = "--fsync";
+
- if (compare_dest && am_sender) {
+ if (basis_dir[0] && am_sender) {
/* the server only needs this option if it is not the sender,
* and it may be an older version that doesn't know this
---- orig/receiver.c 2004-09-21 09:40:27
+--- orig/receiver.c 2005-01-17 23:11:45
+++ receiver.c 2004-07-16 20:13:31
-@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ extern int preserve_hard_links;
+@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern int preserve_hard_links;
extern int preserve_perms;
extern int cvs_exclude;
extern int io_error;
+extern int do_fsync;
extern char *tmpdir;
extern char *partial_dir;
- extern char *compare_dest;
-@@ -305,6 +306,12 @@ static int receive_data(int f_in, char *
+ extern char *basis_dir[];
+@@ -310,6 +311,12 @@ static int receive_data(int f_in, char *
exit_cleanup(RERR_FILEIO);
}