On Jun 03 09:52:44, [email protected] wrote: > Thomas Kupper, 2026-06-03 06:43 +0200: > > > linux$ rsync --rsync-path=openrsync -a -v $HOME/ openbsd-host:/path > > > > Pleaes post the actual command line that throws that errors. > > That was the actual command minus the exact hostname and path, *shrug*. > > rsync --rsync-path=openrsync -a -v -x --exclude=/.cache/ --delete $HOME/ > obsd:/backup/path > > > The following works for me (Fedora 41 -> OpenBSD 7.9): > > > > fedora$ rsync --rsync-path=openrsync -a -v -x --exclude=/.cache/ $HOME/ > > obsd79-2:/tmp/sync > > When both -x and --exclude are given, the latter takes precedence and the > error > message is: "building file list ... openrsync: syntax error in received > rules". > I tried to add and remove slashes, but the result is the same. > > When only -x is given, the initial sync works, but the subsequent one fails > with "openrsync: error: .: stat: No such file or directory". I tried syncing > an empty directory, and also adding/removing the trailing slash -- > all to the same effect. > > My rsync is from Fedora 44, which is potentially older than yours. Perhaps, > it passes different arguments to the remote openrsync or speaks an older > protocol version. I may have to throw a bunch of -v's, --info's, and --debug's > to see what rsync is telling openrsync that might upset it.
While rsync is running on the fedora box, look at (pgrep -fl) the exact rsync command it spawns on the obsd box.
