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
-@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ int whole_file = -1;
- int append_mode = 0;
+@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ int append_mode = 0;
int keep_dirlinks = 0;
+ int copy_dirlinks = 0;
int copy_links = 0;
+int do_fsync = 0;
int preserve_links = 0;
int preserve_hard_links = 0;
int preserve_perms = 0;
-@@ -327,6 +328,7 @@ 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");
-@@ -500,6 +502,7 @@ 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 },
-@@ -1698,6 +1701,9 @@ void server_options(char **args,int *arg
+@@ -1743,6 +1746,9 @@ void server_options(char **args,int *arg
args[ac++] = tmpdir;
}
* and it may be an older version that doesn't know this
--- old/receiver.c
+++ new/receiver.c
-@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ extern int keep_dirlinks;
+@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ extern int protocol_version;
+ extern int relative_paths;
extern int preserve_hard_links;
extern int preserve_perms;
- extern int io_error;
+extern int do_fsync;
extern int basis_dir_cnt;
extern int make_backups;
extern int cleanup_got_literal;
-@@ -256,6 +257,12 @@ static int receive_data(int f_in, char *
+@@ -258,6 +259,12 @@ static int receive_data(int f_in, char *
exit_cleanup(RERR_FILEIO);
}
if (mapbuf)
--- old/t_stub.c
+++ new/t_stub.c
-@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
- * functions, so that module test harnesses can run standalone.
- **/
+@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
+
+ #include "rsync.h"
+int do_fsync = 0;
int modify_window = 0;
int relative_paths = 0;
--- old/util.c
+++ new/util.c
-@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
+@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
extern int verbose;
extern int dry_run;
extern int module_id;
extern int modify_window;
extern int relative_paths;
extern int human_readable;
-@@ -318,6 +319,12 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const
+@@ -316,6 +317,12 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const
return -1;
}