rsync - Jan 2011 - How to ignore error 24 or mask it out in bash rsync script

Hi,

My cron backup scripts often send me mails because of error 24 (Partial transfer
due to vanished source files). However, this is normal when backing up user
homes with IMAP folders. So I would like to suppress only this particular error.

I have not found an rsync option to suppress this error. Is there some way to
filter this out?

Thanks,

Mi

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 01:35:20PM +0100, Mi wrote:
> My cron backup scripts often send me mails because of error 24 (Partial 
> transfer due to vanished source files). However, this is normal when 
> backing up user homes with IMAP folders. So I would like to suppress only 
> this particular error.
I don't see an obvious way to turn off that error in the source. You
could redirect your stderr to stdout and grep it out, then put it back
on stderr:

  rsync -a /foo /bar 2>&1 | grep -v 'vanished source files'
1>&2

Scott
-- 
Scott Wiersdorf
scott at ipartner.net

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 01:35:20PM +0100, Mi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My cron backup scripts often send me mails because of error 24 (Partial
transfer due to vanished source files). However, this is normal when backing up
user homes with IMAP folders. So I would like to suppress only this particular
error.
> 
> I have not found an rsync option to suppress this error. Is there some way
to filter this out?
Didn't test below code, but you should get the idea..

#!/bin/sh

rsync ... # your backup options go here

case $? in
	0|24)
		exit 0 # success
		;;
	*)
		exit $? # error
		;;
esac

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best regards
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