Rsync and making sure all files have been transferred before applying the changes

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Mar 15, 20266796 views

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I was wondering if there is a way to tell rsync to only apply changes (delete, overwrite, create) only if all files in the file list transferred successfully. Just to clarify, this would essentially be putting a transaction around the transfer.

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You could use the option, or if you want really atomic updates, the script (included in Debian as ).

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