rsync-2.5.5-vfdhack-1

I've made a new compile available of rsync 2.5.5 for ARM.

Like the previous version, it features the --empeg-progress option. which displays visual progress meters on the empeg vfd display.

What's new in this version:

• Fixed a checksum bug that would make rsync always perform unnecessary complete updates on files rather than incremental updates when files differ only slightly. Unfortunately, there's no real speedup, but now rsync does the Right Thing.
• --empeg-progress now also displays full progress reports when sending files. The previous version would only show full progress reports on receiving files.
• added a space between the transfer rate number and the transfer rate unit
• libresolv.so is now packaged separately
  

Download here

Have fun,
Pim

Pim,

just a thought, but when the using the --empeg-progress option, can you get it do one of the following when its finished :-

1. clear the screen (boring)
2. display a finished message
3. display the stats that are on the terminal window on the empeg screen (my favourite option).

Btw, when I run it telnet'ed into the empeg, I run out of virtual memory (even though I used your script that activates swap). I'm assuming that the amount of swap space is has isn't much, and that the fact the player app is still running is consuming most of the memory?

Would you only advise running the rsync from hyperterminal and not via telnet?

Thanks

Pim, download link isn't working for me? Is this located any where else?

I don't see anything wrong with it.

How far do you get?

Pim

I just get a page unavailable error, I tried a tracert... can't find your host, might be on my end but I can hit everything else out there...

ah... tried http://macroscoop.nl/~pim/empeg/rsync/ (without www) and it worked fine... thanks

ah... tried http://macroscoop.nl/~pim/empeg/rsync/ (without www) and it worked fine... thanks

Is anyone else seeing this? I'd like to know ...
These are alternative locations, all pointing to the same host:

http://mondriaan.macroscoop.nl/~pim/empeg/rsync/
http://mondriaan.ipv4.macroscoop.nl/~pim/empeg/rsync/
http://mondriaan.ipv6.macroscoop.nl/~pim/empeg/rsync/ (ipv6 only)
http://212.153.2.1/~pim/empeg/rsync/
http://195.193.201.73/~pim/empeg/rsync/

Pim

nope. www resolves fine for me

Btw, when I run it telnet'ed into the empeg, I run out of virtual memory (even though I used your script that activates swap).

My example script contains the line swapon -a

This only works if you have properly set up /etc/fstab
to include your swap partitions. This is not done on the
player by default.

You should use swapon /swapfile instead.
I will fix this in the docs in the next release.

You can always check your swap status using cat /proc/meminfo

I use swapon -a because I have multiple swap partitions.

Pim

All the addresses work fine for me. I haven't tried the IPv6 one yet as I'm temporarily stuck with a dialup account at the moment.

- Trevor

just out of interest what partitions do you use for your swap device? the ones that preinit uses for programs0/1?

just out of interest what partitions do you use for your swap device?

I have repartitioned my second drive after initialization by the builder images.
I've only left hdc4 intact, all the rest has gone to one big swap partition.

If a future version of the player will ever need a regular partitioned drive,
I can always partition it back without destroying my music partition.

the ones that preinit uses for programs0/1?

I don't suppose preinit uses anything on the second drive. Does it?

Pim

well I'm not using either partition, so I'll probably configure both as swap.

Nope.

Pim, about resolution... I think our DNS is acting a little funky, I'm discovering other issues... I don't think it's on your end.