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Why does using --delete -b --backup-dir relative/path puts the deleted files in the target folder, while using the full path works as expected? my experimentation... root@feral:/tmp/test (0)>uname -a Linux feral 2.4.22-1.2115.nptlsmp #1 SMP Wed Oct 29 15:30:09 EST 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux root@feral:/tmp/test (0)>rsync --version rsync version 2.5.6 protocol version 26

Hi I'm running rsync 2.3.1 and when I run it with the option --backup-dir=<some_backup_dir>, I get an error message telling that the option is unrecognized. I'm using the package from www.sunfreeware.com If I'm pushing the data: # /usr/local/bin/rsync -azb --backup-dir=/tmp -e /bin/rsh --delete /home/ backup_host:/home /usr/local/bin/rsync: unrecognized option

hi all i would like to sync a directory tree on a os x server to my linux "backup" server. in generall it works, but i've asserted that folders and files containg a letter with a diacritical mark (for example: ?,?,?) cause problems. they are beeing transefered but show up with a messed filname on my linx server. has someone an idea how to solve this problem? brest regards sam

hi will the official rsync version in future maybe support HFS(+) filesystem, like rsyncx does right now? i ask because the rsyncx version dosen't run on my linuxbox and the feature is only supported if all systems use rsyncx. regards sam

I have downloaded the source for rsync 2.5.6 and compiled it without adjusting any options, no problems. Performed a test copy of a file GT 2 GB and it failed. In the file configure I changed the line to "--enable-largefile", removed all the .o files, performed a ./configure, gmake, gmake install. Tried the test copy and again received the following error message: rsync:

Hello. I am trying to make use of rsync for backup purposes. I want to use it with the -b switch: it renames older FILE to FILE~ instead of replacing it with the newer version. This way, only the newest and the second most recent versions of a file are saved. I want to have more versions. One approach to this can be inpired by --backup-dir operation. I'd rather extend the backup

Hi, What are the limits to file size and file count when doing a rsync transfer using 2.5.6? I was trying to rsync about 500 GB of data with many files and many directories, but it has been stuck building the file list for several hours. First of all, is it possible to transfer 500 GB of data? Secondly, what would the limit for file count be when doing a rsync transfer? Any comments or help

Hi all, I've installed rsync-2.5.6 on a sun box (solaris 8). When I run rsync using the command rsync -a ssh /opt/local/pkgs/httpd/htdocs/ root@remotemachine:/mnt/ I get the error rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far) rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165) What could be the reason? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Rajesh.

I am using rsync 2.5.6 on the client side and 2.5.4 on the server side. I am trying to syncronise files and dirs on the client with the files on the server, but only a subset of files are located on the server, and I wish to leave all other files on the client machine untouched. This would be easy if all the files on the server were under one dir, but they are spread across multiple dirs. Below is

hi guys Environment 2 servers (SunOS 5.8) rsync 2.5.6 Problem For a disaster recovery solution, we are running trying to synchornize interwoven backup stores between these 2 environments (server A and server B) The rsync operation is initiated over the network using 'rsh'. Once initiated from server A the rsync operation freezes with no indication. When the debug flag is enabled we get

I tried rsync 2.6.1cvs on my FreeBSD 4.X boxes. It dumps core when preserve_hard_links and backup. And SUPPORT_HARD_LINKS is true. rsync -avH --delete --backup --backup-dir=/some/backup/dir \ srchost::dir/ dir/ The core says... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. #0 0x80536c0 in keep_backup

Hello, For no apparent reason Rsync is uploading the whole file even though the the remote file is identical to the local file. Here is a transcript to demonstrate what is going wrong: tomg@nova:~/mylibrary$ rsync -rtlPvessh /extra/library teep:/extra/tomg building file list ... 46349 files to consider wrote 1358812 bytes read 20 bytes 44551.87 bytes/sec total size is 5240249974 speedup is

I download rsync.2.5.6, configure, make clean, but make gives this warning: "io.c", line 653: warning: shift count negative or too big: >> 32 "io.c", line 653: warning: shift count negative or too big: >> 32 "io.c", line 653: warning: shift count negative or too big: >> 32 "io.c", line 653: warning: shift count negative or too big:

This is a patch against the manpage to clarify what the --perm option does and does not do. Paul Slootman -------------- next part -------------- diff -ru orig/rsync-2.5.6/rsync.1 rsync-2.5.6/rsync.1 --- orig/rsync-2.5.6/rsync.1 2003-01-28 04:11:57.000000000 +0100 +++ rsync-2.5.6/rsync.1 2003-03-07 12:18:19.000000000 +0100 @@ -562,8 +562,13 @@ default\&. .IP .IP "\fB-p,

Hi, on AIX, mkstemp doesn't open a file with the O_LARGEFILE option, so you can't transfer files > 2GB to an AIX machine. Here is a fix: diff -c -r rsync-2.5.6.orig/syscall.c rsync-2.5.6/syscall.c *** rsync-2.5.6.orig/syscall.c Sun Jan 26 21:09:02 2003 --- rsync-2.5.6/syscall.c Wed May 14 13:55:15 2003 *************** *** 151,157 **** if (dry_run) return -1; if

> > Message: 10 > Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 17:02:35 -0700 > From: jw schultz <jw@pegasys.ws> > Subject: Re: Problem with (corrupt?) file (fwd) > To: rsync@lists.samba.org > Message-ID: <20030521000235.GB29561@pegasys.ws> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Is it the same files each time? > What versions of rsync? > Is this over NFS? >

Hi, I'm running rsync 2.5.6. I use it to backup a RH 7.3 file server (samba+appletalk) to a FAT32 external HD. I get the following output: .1e6prS failed: Invalid argumentsp_ind/Emails ind/.Icon .fJ98aa failed: Invalid argumentsp_ud/Emails ud/.Icon .qLRVCT failed: Invalid argumentkt/02_Tegninger/planer/ai/.Icon .zM65uw failed: Invalid argumentkt/02_Tegninger/planer/fmz/.Icon mkstemp

HI, I'm currently using rsync version 2.4.4 protocol version 24 on a HP11.0, Solaris 8 and Redhat 7.1 platforms. In my earlier posting, I asked about the problem on "Value too large to be stored in data type" when transferring files which are >= 2GB in size., i.e. building file list ... global/FCSI/WP_RLS05/rundir/wp_celtic_max_fullwarn.tcl.log: Value too large to be stored in

Dear JW, I spent hours checking and upgrading my hardware. There is nothing wrong with it. It is a 'mature' Pentium-II 400MHz system that has been running my servers WITHOUT ANY CRASHES for nearly 2 years now 24/7 Listen to me: "The crashes are dues to rsync" There is an IDENTICAL report from a totally different source at

This is a patch to fix one annoyance of having rsync processes race: I usually keep our servers synced with the following script, run by cron. #!/bin/sh lockfile -r 2 -l 1000 /tmp/synchome.lock || exit 1 rsync -e ssh -avHP --delete zorro01:/home/\* /home >/dev/null rm -f /tmp/synchome.lock -- Sometimes my users (including myself) are in a hurry and syncronise files and directories in their