Hi folks, Problem: "rsync -aX remote:/somepath ." fails, if the remote site doesn't support extended attributes. Sample session # rsync -aX aix1:/usr/man . rsync: extended attributes are not supported on this server rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1554) [server=3.1.1] rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [Receiver] rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.1] Since this is a read-only access on the remote side I wonder why this results in a fatal error instead of a warning? rsync is 3.1.1 on both ends. Every helpful comment is highly appreciated Harri