I've seen this happen if you are backing up something while files are being very volatile. E.G. If you backup / and exclude nothing, and after the file list is built and before you backup certain files in a busy queue under /var/spool/postfix/, those files could be gone before your backup gets around to them. Then you'll get a code 23 message saying some files could not be transferred. In this case, exclude /var/spool/postfix from your backup and you'll be fine.
-Jason > Hi, > > on my linux box (2.4.21-pre4-ac4) > I've used rsync to mirror a rather large /usr/local tree (4 Gb) > After transmission of many files I get the error message > rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(1045) > > According to /usr/include/asm/errno.h the code 23 says > File table overflow > > What can I do about that? > > Many thanks for a hint, > > Helmut Jarausch > > Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik > Aachen University > D 52056 Aachen, Germany > > > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
