> On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 11:51:42PM -0500, Roger wrote: >I keep getting the following error. After several years I've had it, and am >posting to the mailing list in hopes of better advice than stuckchange. > >rsync: [generator] failed to set times on "/mnt/tmp/.": Operation not >permitted (1) >rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) (code >23) at main.c(1336) [sender=3.2.7]
I've figured-out this trivial problem. This "cannot modify times error" on the top directory is obviously due to lack of permissions. However, I realized, rsync is often used for synchronizing such mounted file system points without write access to the top dir; with write access only within subsequently lower dirs. For example, the previously used or incorrect syntax: $ rsync -ax /some/files/ /mnt/tmp rsync: [generator] failed to set times on "/mnt/tmp/.": Operation not permitted (1) To resolve; looking at "files/" within "/some/files/", either terminate the source folder with a file name, directory or glob '*' character. Examples: $ rsync -ax /some/files /mnt/tmp $ rsync -ax /some/files/dir /mnt/tmp $ rsync -ax /some/files/* /mnt/tmp If I'm not mistaken, the trailing slash on the source directory attempts to modifying the destination "/." file, a link pointing to the top directory! WOW! This problem with syntax has been nagging me forever! Now for figuring-out how to filter this scenario for user input via sh/bash scripting. Roger
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