I'm seeing the following assert: rsync --archive --devices --specials --sparse --one-file-system --verbose --whole-file --numeric-ids --delete-before --hard-links --delete-excluded --exclude-from=/share/alliance-bind-local2/rsync.exclude.all --include-from=/share/alliance-bind-local2/rsync.include.all --include-from=/share/alliance-bind-local2/rsync.include.drive_a '--include=*/' '--exclude=*' --prune-empty-dirs /share/alliance-bind-local2/ /media/backup1/alliance-bind-local2/ building file list ... done rsync: exclude.c:532: change_local_filter_dir: Assertion `dir_depth < 4096/2+1' failed. rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (9 bytes received so far) [sender] rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(601) [sender=3.0.7] The include/exclude rules I am using are trying to accomplish the following: * exclude everything listed in rsync.exclude.all * include everything listed in either rsync.include.all or include.drive_a * exclude everything else The 3 files contain: $ cat /share/alliance-bind-local2/rsync.exclude.all /backup/snapshots/** $ cat /share/alliance-bind-local2/rsync.include.all /rsync.** $ cat /share/alliance-bind-local2/rsync.include.drive_a /videos/dvd/** Note that the paths of any file in the source and dest (both included or excluded) are nowhere near 2K in length. the longest path is probably about 300 characters. Any thoughts? $ rsync --version rsync version 3.0.7 protocol version 30 Copyright (C) 1996-2009 by Andrew Tridgell, Wayne Davison, and others. Web site: http://rsync.samba.org/ Capabilities: 64-bit files, 64-bit inums, 32-bit timestamps, 64-bit long ints, socketpairs, hardlinks, symlinks, IPv6, batchfiles, inplace, append, ACLs, xattrs, iconv, symtimes rsync comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. See the GNU General Public Licence for details. -- Dave