rsyncd doesn't take unix paths. You must adapt your --link-dest to
contend with however the rsycd module is defined in rsyncd.conf.
On 1/11/25 9:52 PM, Anthony LaTorre via rsync wrote:> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to figure out why a script works when using SSH but not
> when using the rsync protocol. When I run the following command:
>
> rsync -aPh --link-dest=/user/snapshots/rsync_test/last
> /home/user/rsync_test
> root at readynas.internal:/user/snapshots/rsync_test/Jan_11_2025
>
> it works perfectly, correctly recognizing the link-dest parameter.
> However, when I try to run the same command using the rsync protocol:
>
> $ rsync -aPh --link-dest=/user/snapshots/rsync_test/last
> /home/user/rsync_test
> rsync://admin at readynas.internal/snapshots/user/Jan_11_2025
> Password:
> sending incremental file list
> --link-dest arg does not exist: /user/snapshots/rsync_test/last
>
> I have tried several permutations of using relative/absolute paths to
> the last file, but nothing seems to work. The only thing slightly
> unusual is the mismatch in versions between rsync. On my client
> machine I have:
>
> $ rsync --version
> rsync version 3.3.0 protocol version 31
>
> while on the ReadyNAS I have
>
> $ rsync --version
> rsync version 3.0.9 protocol version 30
>
> I have looked over the man page description of --link-dest here:
> https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync.1#opt--link-dest, but I
> don't see any mention of anything special when using the rsync
> protocol.
>
> Is there something I'm missing?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony
>