no verbosity from rsync

tonj · 02-03-2014, 06:09 PM

I'm running a centos 6.5 server 64 bit (command line only) with rsync-3.0.6-9, problem is I can't get any verbosity out the console when running rsync.
I've tried -v -vv -vvv -vvvv --verbose and --progress but the console shows nothing.
I can see rsync is working because the destination folder is filling up and my broadband is maxed out with downloading. Thanks for any help.

lleb · 02-03-2014, 07:27 PM

what is the exact command you are running. im running the same server, both OS and rsync, and have zero issues getting verbose out to console.

Code:

[user@centos ~]$ uname -a
Linux centos.ssmahome 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Nov 22 03:15:09 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[user@centos ~]$ d Pi/
total 24
drwxrwxr-x.  4 user user 4096 Dec 12 18:02 ./
drwx------. 20 user user 4096 Feb  3 20:26 ../
-rw-------.  1 user user 6148 Dec 12 18:02 .DS_Store
drwx------.  2 user user 4096 Feb 15  2013 rpfr-17-xfce-r1/
drwx------.  2 user user 4096 Feb 15  2013 rpfr-17-xfce-r2/
[user@centos ~]$ mkdir TMP
[user@centos ~]$ rsync -aviS Pi/ TMP/
sending incremental file list
.d..t...... ./
>f+++++++++ .DS_Store
cd+++++++++ rpfr-17-xfce-r1/
>f+++++++++ rpfr-17-xfce-r1/rpfr-17-xfce-r1.img
^Crsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at rsync.c(544) [sender=3.0.6]
[user@centos ~]$ d TMP/
total 24
drwxrwxr-x.  4 user user 4096 Dec 12 18:02 ./
drwx------. 21 user user 4096 Feb  3 20:27 ../
-rw-------.  1 user user 6148 Dec 12 18:02 .DS_Store
drwx------.  2 user user 4096 Feb  3 20:27 rpfr-17-xfce-r1/
drwx------.  2 user user 4096 Feb 15  2013 rpfr-17-xfce-r2/
[user@centos ~]$ rm -rf TMP/
[user@centos ~]$ uname -a
Linux centos.ssmahome 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Nov 22 03:15:09 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[user@centos ~]$ rsync --version
rsync  version 3.0.6  protocol version 30

note the v in the middle of the argument section.

Beryllos · 02-03-2014, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lleb

note the v in the middle of the argument section.

Just curious, so I tried putting the v in various places and I get the verbose output regardless of where the v is placed (I mean before or after the directories).

Beryllos · 02-03-2014, 10:21 PM

Does your rsync command line, by any chance, redirect the output, as in this example:

Code:

rsync -a ./Pictures/ ./erase-me/ -vvv >> logfile 2>&1

Next, investigate whether there is an alias or function named rsync. I think you can get around these by specifying the path as in /usr/bin/rsync rather than just the name rsync.

tonj · 02-04-2014, 05:13 AM

thanks for your reply. The command I was running is:
/usr/bin/rsync -avrt rsync://mirror.keystealth.org/centos/6/updates/x86_64/ /var/www/html/centos/6/updates/ | /bin/mail <my email address> -s "New Repo Updates"
and the console gave nothing.
I tried it again without the email bit:
/usr/bin/rsync -avrt rsync://mirror.keystealth.org/centos/6/updates/x86_64/ /var/www/html/centos/6/updates/
and now the verbosity has come in and is working.
so I also tried:
/usr/bin/rsync -art -vv --progress rsync://mirror.keystealth.org/centos/6/updates/x86_64/ /var/www/html/centos/6/updates/
and the console is giving loads of info now.

lleb · 02-05-2014, 08:31 PM

could have just been a typo someplace along the way. no it does not matter were in the argument tree the -v is placed just as long as its there it should spit out the verbose data.