This patch from Sami Farin lets you specify --fsync if you want fsync()
to be called on every file we write.
---- options.c 17 Apr 2004 17:07:23 -0000 1.147
-+++ options.c 27 Apr 2004 20:05:03 -0000
-@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ int make_backups = 0;
- **/
- int whole_file = -1;
-
-+int do_fsync = 0;
- int archive_mode = 0;
+To use this patch, run these commands for a successful build:
+
+ patch -p1 <patches/fsync.diff
+ ./configure (optional if already run)
+ make
+
+diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
+--- a/options.c
++++ b/options.c
+@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ int append_mode = 0;
+ int keep_dirlinks = 0;
+ int copy_dirlinks = 0;
int copy_links = 0;
++int do_fsync = 0;
int preserve_links = 0;
-@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ 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);
+ int preserve_hard_links = 0;
+ int preserve_acls = 0;
+@@ -383,6 +384,7 @@ 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," --fsync fsync every written file\n");
- rprintf(F," -u, --update update only (don't overwrite newer files)\n");
- rprintf(F," -l, --links copy symlinks as symlinks\n");
- rprintf(F," -L, --copy-links copy the referent of all symlinks\n");
-@@ -332,6 +334,7 @@ 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 },
- {"backup", 'b', POPT_ARG_NONE, &make_backups, 0, 0, 0 },
+ rprintf(F," --numeric-ids don't map uid/gid values by user/group name\n");
+ rprintf(F," --timeout=SECONDS set I/O timeout in seconds\n");
+ rprintf(F," --contimeout=SECONDS set daemon connection timeout in seconds\n");
+@@ -626,6 +628,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[] = {
+ {"no-timeout", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &io_timeout, 0, 0, 0 },
+ {"contimeout", 0, POPT_ARG_INT, &connect_timeout, 0, 0, 0 },
+ {"no-contimeout", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &connect_timeout, 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 },
-@@ -943,6 +946,9 @@ void server_options(char **args,int *arg
- args[ac++] = "--temp-dir";
- args[ac++] = tmpdir;
- }
-+
-+ if (do_fsync && am_sender)
-+ args[ac++] = "--fsync";
+ {"rsh", 'e', POPT_ARG_STRING, &shell_cmd, 0, 0, 0 },
+ {"rsync-path", 0, POPT_ARG_STRING, &rsync_path, 0, 0, 0 },
+ {"temp-dir", 'T', POPT_ARG_STRING, &tmpdir, 0, 0, 0 },
+@@ -2003,6 +2006,9 @@ void server_options(char **args, int *argc_p)
+ args[ac++] = tmpdir;
+ }
- if (compare_dest && am_sender) {
- /* the server only needs this option if it is not the sender,
---- receiver.c 27 Apr 2004 19:51:33 -0000 1.76
-+++ receiver.c 27 Apr 2004 20:05:03 -0000
-@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ extern int cleanup_got_literal;
- extern int module_id;
- extern int ignore_errors;
- extern int orig_umask;
++ if (do_fsync)
++ args[ac++] = "--fsync";
++
+ if (basis_dir[0]) {
+ /* the server only needs this option if it is not the sender,
+ * and it may be an older version that doesn't know this
+diff --git a/receiver.c b/receiver.c
+--- a/receiver.c
++++ b/receiver.c
+@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ extern int relative_paths;
+ extern int preserve_hard_links;
+ extern int preserve_perms;
+ extern int preserve_xattrs;
+extern int do_fsync;
+ extern int basis_dir_cnt;
+ extern int make_backups;
+ extern int cleanup_got_literal;
+@@ -298,6 +299,12 @@ static int receive_data(int f_in, char *fname_r, int fd_r, OFF_T size_r,
+ exit_cleanup(RERR_FILEIO);
+ }
- static void delete_one(char *fn, int is_dir)
- {
-@@ -264,6 +265,12 @@ static int receive_data(int f_in,struct
-
- if (fd != -1 && offset > 0 && sparse_end(fd) != 0) {
- rprintf(FERROR, "write failed on %s: %s\n",
-+ full_fname(fname), strerror(errno));
++ if (do_fsync && fd != -1 && fsync(fd) != 0) {
++ rsyserr(FERROR, errno, "fsync failed on %s",
++ full_fname(fname));
+ exit_cleanup(RERR_FILEIO);
+ }
+
-+ if (do_fsync && (fd != -1) && (fsync(fd) != 0)) {
-+ rprintf(FERROR, "fsync failed on %s: %s\n",
- full_fname(fname), strerror(errno));
- exit_cleanup(RERR_FILEIO);
- }
---- util.c 27 Apr 2004 19:59:37 -0000 1.141
-+++ util.c 27 Apr 2004 20:05:04 -0000
-@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
+ sum_len = sum_end(file_sum1);
- extern int verbose;
- extern struct exclude_list_struct server_exclude_list;
-+extern int do_fsync;
+ if (mapbuf)
+diff --git a/t_stub.c b/t_stub.c
+--- a/t_stub.c
++++ b/t_stub.c
+@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
- int sanitize_paths = 0;
+ #include "rsync.h"
-@@ -296,6 +297,12 @@ int copy_file(char *source, char *dest,
++int do_fsync = 0;
+ int modify_window = 0;
+ int module_id = -1;
+ int relative_paths = 0;
+diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
+--- a/util.c
++++ b/util.c
+@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
+ extern int verbose;
+ extern int dry_run;
+ extern int module_id;
++extern int do_fsync;
+ extern int modify_window;
+ extern int relative_paths;
+ extern int human_readable;
+@@ -334,6 +335,13 @@ int copy_file(const char *source, const char *dest, int ofd,
+ full_fname(source));
+ }
- if (close(ofd) < 0) {
- rprintf(FERROR, "close failed on %s: %s\n",
-+ full_fname(dest), strerror(errno));
++ if (do_fsync && fsync(ofd) < 0) {
++ rsyserr(FERROR, errno, "fsync failed on %s",
++ full_fname(dest));
++ close(ofd);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
-+ if (do_fsync && fsync(ofd) < 0) {
-+ rprintf(FERROR, "fsync failed on %s: %s\n",
- full_fname(dest), strerror(errno));
- return -1;
- }
+ if (close(ofd) < 0) {
+ int save_errno = errno;
+ rsyserr(FERROR_XFER, errno, "close failed on %s",