X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=dss.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=dss.ggo;h=11529956891db25e5110e03009b88ff5ca36c0c6;hp=db119015e9a64c49f0be1edcc4cc88d4ff5c3816;hb=01ed0597ca37173df783d9a6816cf13d7a1435f9;hpb=9a0ddec6508e04cf2e9d5e9bd02e9b7de02428a3

diff --git a/dss.ggo b/dss.ggo
index db11901..1152995 100644
--- a/dss.ggo
+++ b/dss.ggo
@@ -244,6 +244,26 @@ details="
 		--rsync-option --exclude --rsync-option /proc
 "
 
+option "max-rsync-errors" -
+"Terminate after this many rsync failures"
+int typestr="count"
+default="10"
+optional
+details="
+	Only relevant when operating in --run mode (see above). If
+	the rsync process exits with a fatal error, dss restarts
+	the command in the hope that the problem is transient
+	and subsequent rsync runs succeed. After the given number
+	of consecutive rsync error exits, however, dss gives up,
+	executes the exit hook and terminates. Set this to zero if
+	dss should exit immediately on the first rsync error.
+
+	The only non-fatal error is when rsync exits with code 24. This
+	indicates a partial transfer due to vanished source files
+	and happens frequently when snapshotting a directory which
+	is concurrently being modified.
+"
+
 ###################
 section "Intervals"
 ###################