2009/2/23 Dominik Schulz <[email protected]>: > Am Montag 23 Februar 2009 12:28:29 schrieb Paul Slootman: >> On Mon 23 Feb 2009, Jenny Hopkins wrote: >> > I want to exclude all directories and subdirectories that are called >> > /dev/ >> > >> > My backup contains a lot of development work on other hardware, and >> > I'm finding the backup is reporting failed due to trying to back up >> > non-regular files, e.g. >> > >> > IO error encountered -- skipping file deletion >> > skipping non-regular file "home/wookey/acapela-bits/i386-lenny/dev/full" >> >> Normally rsync shouldn't have any trouble copying the device nodes... >> If you're running dirvish as a non-superuser, then that might explain >> it. >> >> Adding: >> rsync-option: >> --no-D >> might be a better fix in that case. > I think this would be the best solution in this case. > > Another reason for trouble with device nodes could occur when dirvish > (actually, rsync) runs inside a virtual server (Linux Vserver, OpenVZ, etc.) > where the kernel prevents certain operations, even to the super-user. >
Paul, Dominik - thanks. I'll follow the --no-D option and see how it goes. Jenny _______________________________________________ Dirvish mailing list [email protected] http://www.dirvish.org/mailman/listinfo/dirvish
