[Bug 12030] rsync leaves temporary files when transfer is interrupted.

[samba...@samba.org]

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12030

--- Comment #1 from Kevin Korb <rs...@sanitarium.net> ---
By default rsync does delete the incomplete file when it is aborted. The
override for that is --partial (which is implied by -P).

However, it also depends on how the rsync is interrupted. If it crashed or was
killed then it wouldn't have the opportunity to clean up. If network
connectivity was lost then it is possible that the sshd and rsync are actually
still running waiting to receive the rest of that file.

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https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12030

--- Comment #2 from Yuri <yu...@rawbw.com> ---
The intelligent way to handle this is to verify the leftover temporary file
content with partial checksums and reuse it if the content is the same as an
incoming file.

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https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12030

--- Comment #3 from Kevin Korb <rs...@sanitarium.net> ---
If you use --partial or --inplace and you don't use --whole-file that is
exactly what it will do.