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...root then everything works fine, so the issue appears only when the script is initiated by cron. /etc/crontab entry: 30??? *??? *??? *??? *?????? root /home/blackhaz/scripts/rsync-to-external-drive rsync command in the script: if mount | grep $TARGET_DISK; then ?????? nice rsync --log-file=$RSYNC_LOG_FILE \ ?????? --archive --hard-links --delete --delete-excluded --sparse --xattrs --numeric-ids --acls --progress \ ?????? / /media/$TARGET_DISK/freebsd-backup Would appreciate any pointers. Tried without--hard-links and getting the same error. Regards, Maxim Usatov

...ions of FreeBSD. It also fails with the > same error to a remote SSH host. If I run my rsync backup scripts > manually as root then everything works fine, so the issue appears > only when the script is initiated by cron. > if mount | grep $TARGET_DISK; then > nice rsync --log-file=$RSYNC_LOG_FILE \ > --archive --hard-links --delete --delete-excluded --sparse --xattrs > --numeric-ids --acls --progress \ > / /media/$TARGET_DISK/freebsd-backup This is just a very wild and uneducated guess, but I would try it without the nice. Also: without the xattrs and acls. So 3 things to try :-...

...also fails with the >> same error to a remote SSH host. If I run my rsync backup scripts >> manually as root then everything works fine, so the issue appears >> only when the script is initiated by cron. >> if mount | grep $TARGET_DISK; then >> nice rsync --log-file=$RSYNC_LOG_FILE \ >> --archive --hard-links --delete --delete-excluded --sparse --xattrs >> --numeric-ids --acls --progress \ >> / /media/$TARGET_DISK/freebsd-backup > This is just a very wild and uneducated guess, but I would try it > without the nice. > > Also: without the xattrs a...

...is initiated by cron. >> >> /etc/crontab entry: >> 30??? *??? *??? *??? *?????? root >> /home/blackhaz/scripts/rsync-to-external-drive >> >> rsync command in the script: >> >> if mount | grep $TARGET_DISK; then >> ?????? nice rsync --log-file=$RSYNC_LOG_FILE \ >> ?????? --archive --hard-links --delete --delete-excluded --sparse --xattrs >> --numeric-ids --acls --progress \ >> ?????? / /media/$TARGET_DISK/freebsd-backup >> >> Would appreciate any pointers. Tried without--hard-links and getting the >> same error. &g...