--- /dev/null
+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;
+ int copy_links = 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);
++ 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 },
++ {"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";
+
+ 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;
++extern int do_fsync;
+
+ 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));
++ 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 @@
+
+ extern int verbose;
+ extern struct exclude_list_struct server_exclude_list;
++extern int do_fsync;
+
+ int sanitize_paths = 0;
+
+@@ -296,6 +297,12 @@ int copy_file(char *source, char *dest,
+
+ if (close(ofd) < 0) {
+ rprintf(FERROR, "close failed on %s: %s\n",
++ full_fname(dest), strerror(errno));
++ return -1;
++ }
++
++ if (do_fsync && fsync(ofd) < 0) {
++ rprintf(FERROR, "fsync failed on %s: %s\n",
+ full_fname(dest), strerror(errno));
+ return -1;
+ }