--windows-mode no longer fsync's directories

git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup@312 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109

trunk/rdiff-backup/CHANGELOG

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ Kempe for report.)
 
 Added --list-at-time option at request of Farkas Levente.
 
-Don't change ownership if --windows-mode option is given.  (Bug report
-by Keith Edmunds.)
+Various fixes for backing up onto windows directories.  Thanks to
+Keith Edmunds for bug reports and testing.
 
 
 New in v0.11.4 (2003/03/15)

trunk/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1

@@ -888,10 +888,11 @@ Files whose names are close to the maximum length (e.g. 235 chars if
 the maximum is 255) may be skipped because the filenames of related
 increment files would be too long.
 .PP
-The gzip library in some versions of python have trouble producing
-files over 2GB in length.  This bug will prevent rdiff-backup from
-producing large compressed increments (snapshots or diffs).  A
-workaround is to disable compression for large uncompressable files.
+The gzip library in versions 2.2 and earlier of python have trouble
+producing files over 2GB in length.  This bug will prevent
+rdiff-backup from producing large compressed increments (snapshots or
+diffs).  A workaround is to disable compression for large
+uncompressable files.
 
 .SH AUTHOR
 Ben Escoto <bescoto@stanford.edu>

trunk/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/Globals.py

@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ restrict_path = None
 # the man page under --no-compare-inode for more information.
 compare_inode = 1
 
+# If set, directories can be fsync'd just like normal files, to
+# guarantee that any changes have been committed to disk.
+fsync_directories = 1
+
 
 def get(name):
 	"""Return the value of something in this module"""

trunk/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/Main.py

@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ def parse_cmdlineoptions(arglist):
 			Globals.set('quoting_enabled', 1)
 			Globals.set('preserve_hardlinks', 0)
 			Globals.set('change_ownership', 0)
+			Globals.set('fsync_directories', 0)
 		else: Log.FatalError("Unknown option %s" % opt)
 
 def isincfilename(path):

trunk/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/rpath.py

@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ class RPath(RORPath):
 	def fsync_with_dir(self, fp = None):
 		"""fsync self and directory self is under"""
 		self.fsync(fp)
-		self.get_parent_rp().fsync()
+		if Globals.fsync_directories: self.get_parent_rp().fsync()
 
 	def sync_delete(self):
 		"""Delete self with sync to guarantee completion