This patch from Sami Farin lets you specify --fsync if you want fsync()
to be called on every file we write.
+To use this patch, run these commands for a successful build:
+
+ patch -p1 <patches/fsync.diff
+ ./configure (optional if already run)
+ make
+
--- old/options.c
+++ new/options.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ int append_mode = 0;
int preserve_links = 0;
int preserve_hard_links = 0;
int preserve_perms = 0;
-@@ -329,6 +330,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
+@@ -336,6 +337,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
rprintf(F," --partial-dir=DIR put a partially transferred file into DIR\n");
rprintf(F," --delay-updates put all updated files into place at transfer's end\n");
rprintf(F," -m, --prune-empty-dirs prune empty directory chains from the file-list\n");
rprintf(F," --numeric-ids don't map uid/gid values by user/group name\n");
rprintf(F," --timeout=TIME set I/O timeout in seconds\n");
rprintf(F," -I, --ignore-times don't skip files that match in size and mod-time\n");
-@@ -506,6 +508,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[]
+@@ -523,6 +525,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[]
{"only-write-batch", 0, POPT_ARG_STRING, &batch_name, OPT_ONLY_WRITE_BATCH, 0, 0 },
{"files-from", 0, POPT_ARG_STRING, &files_from, 0, 0, 0 },
{"from0", '0', POPT_ARG_NONE, &eol_nulls, 0, 0, 0},
{"numeric-ids", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &numeric_ids, 0, 0, 0 },
{"timeout", 0, POPT_ARG_INT, &io_timeout, 0, 0, 0 },
{"rsh", 'e', POPT_ARG_STRING, &shell_cmd, 0, 0, 0 },
-@@ -1706,6 +1709,9 @@ void server_options(char **args,int *arg
+@@ -1743,6 +1746,9 @@ void server_options(char **args,int *arg
args[ac++] = tmpdir;
}
extern int basis_dir_cnt;
extern int make_backups;
extern int cleanup_got_literal;
-@@ -254,6 +255,12 @@ static int receive_data(int f_in, char *
+@@ -258,6 +259,12 @@ static int receive_data(int f_in, char *
exit_cleanup(RERR_FILEIO);
}
extern int modify_window;
extern int relative_paths;
extern int human_readable;
-@@ -309,6 +310,12 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const
+@@ -316,6 +317,12 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const
return -1;
}