s3sync --some_options >/path/to/log.log works *after* quitting s3sync

[maelcum]

hokay... difficult to explain, so please bear with me...

when I call something like "s3sync.rb  -v -r -s  /volume/dir  hostname:  >/volume/dir/file.log"
s3sync works beautifully, though nothing shows up in the log while it is running.
Once I quit s3sync, the log is filled.

Calling the line without the ">/volume/dir/file.log" at the end (to redirect output) gives me the single lines of s3sync operations.

This might be related to my machine, my os (linux 2.4.something) or my mistake. I just wonder if I'm doing anything wrong.

Thanks.

maelcum

[ferrix]

Buffering of line output is probably controlled by your shell (that's what's hooking up the things together via the '>' operator)

[maelcum]

Ok. Thanks.

Might well be. I've installed s3sync on a NAS-Box with ash (not bash) as a shell.
I haven't noticed this behaviour with other commands, but then, those are "internal" in comparison to the ruby-calls.

At least I'm sure now, that it isn't s3sync.rb.

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