[Box Backup] restore file >2GB

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Matthias,

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Matthias Rieber wrote:

>>>> That is normal if you use the SINGLEPROCESS option. In a single
>>>> process, we can only handle a single client.
>>>
>>> Has this option a new behaviour in your branch? With version 0.10 it
>>> was possible to connect with many clients and bbackupquery tools at
>>> the same time.
>>
>> Yes, it is new. I took SINGLEPROCESS to mean exactly that, because it
>> helped for debugging. I did not realise that people were using it in
>> production as you are.
>>
>>> I just need a --do-not-fork-to-background option for the daemontools.
>>
>> OK, does anyone have a preference on whether I restore SINGLEPROCESS to
>> its old meaning, and add a new option for _really_ only one process :-)
>> or add a new option which just doesn't fork into the background, and
>> otherwise behaves as normal?
>
> I think it's better to add a new option for that, because SINGLEPROCESS
> is not the right name for that.

OK, following your and Martin's guidance I've added a new option, -F, 
which causes the daemon not to fork into the background, but still accept 
multiple connections.

Please could you update to the latest svn and check if this solves the 
problem for you? (using -F instead of SINGLEPROCESS)

Cheers, Chris.
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