This patch from Sami Farin lets you specify --fsync if you want fsync()
to be called on every file we write.
---- orig/options.c 2004-08-11 23:42:23
-+++ options.c 2004-07-03 20:18:13
+--- orig/options.c 2005-01-24 01:43:10
++++ 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)
+@@ -251,6 +252,7 @@ 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," -K, --keep-dirlinks treat symlinked dir on receiver as dir\n");
-@@ -346,6 +348,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[]
+ rprintf(F," --inplace update destination files in-place (SEE MAN PAGE)\n");
+ rprintf(F," -d, --dirs transfer directories without recursing\n");
+@@ -358,6 +360,7 @@ 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 },
-@@ -1069,6 +1072,9 @@ void server_options(char **args,int *arg
+@@ -1227,6 +1230,9 @@ 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 2004-08-03 15:34:32
+--- orig/receiver.c 2005-01-24 01:43:10
+++ receiver.c 2004-07-16 20:13:31
-@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ extern int preserve_hard_links;
+@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ extern int keep_dirlinks;
+ 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;
-@@ -309,6 +310,12 @@ static int receive_data(int f_in, char *
+ extern char *basis_dir[];
+@@ -237,6 +238,12 @@ static int receive_data(int f_in, char *
exit_cleanup(RERR_FILEIO);
}
-+ if (do_fsync && (fd != -1) && (fsync(fd) != 0)) {
++ if (do_fsync && fd != -1 && fsync(fd) != 0) {
+ rsyserr(FERROR, errno, "fsync failed on %s",
+ full_fname(fname));
+ exit_cleanup(RERR_FILEIO);
sum_end(file_sum1);
if (mapbuf)
---- orig/util.c 2004-08-11 23:42:23
+--- orig/t_stub.c 2004-07-29 16:08:04
++++ t_stub.c 2004-10-09 04:03:09
+@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
+
+ int modify_window = 0;
+ int module_id = -1;
++int do_fsync;
+ char *partial_dir;
+ struct exclude_list_struct server_exclude_list;
+
+--- orig/util.c 2005-01-20 23:05:34
+++ util.c 2004-07-03 20:18:13
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ extern int module_id;
extern int modify_window;