On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 10:29:46PM -0500, Matt McCutchen wrote: > On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 21:53 +0000, Chris G wrote: > > I am using rsync version 2.6.9 protocol version 29 on a Fedora 7 > > system to backup files to a network drive. > > > > rsync is getting I/O errors when copying maildir files (I'm not sure > > if the error is happening with other files but these are the only ones > > I have found so far). > > > > I have done some tests on one particular directory, "cp -R" succeeds > > but "rsync -r" fails:- > > > > home# cp -R .in /freecom/backup/home/chris/Mail/ > > home# rsync -r .in /freecom/backup/home/chris/Mail/ > > rsync: rename > > "/freecom/backup/home/chris/Mail/.in/audacity/cur/.1172007150.76430_0.newred:2,.PC3iF7" > > -> ".in/audacity/cur/1172007150.76430_0.newred:2,": Input/output error (5) > > rsync: rename > > "/freecom/backup/home/chris/Mail/.in/audacity/cur/.1172012773.6188_0.newred:2,.P11kJR" > > -> ".in/audacity/cur/1172012773.6188_0.newred:2,": Input/output error (5) > > rsync: rename > > "/freecom/backup/home/chris/Mail/.in/audacity/cur/.1172032604.34523_0.newred:2,.e0feQB" > > -> ".in/audacity/cur/1172032604.34523_0.newred:2,": Input/output error (5) > > rsync: rename > > "/freecom/backup/home/chris/Mail/.in/audacity/cur/.1172038263.69147_0.newred:2,.W6m5Zl" > > -> ".in/audacity/cur/1172038263.69147_0.newred:2,": Input/output error (5) > > rsync: rename > > "/freecom/backup/home/chris/Mail/.in/freecycle/cur/.1172005922.70482_0.newred:2,S.aIqsGA" > > -> ".in/freecycle/cur/1172005922.70482_0.newred:2,S": Input/output error > > (5) > > rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at > > main.c(977) [sender=2.6.9] > > > > > > If I clear out the destination directory then rsync succeeds once (when > > it has to copy the files) but then fails as above every time. If I add > > the --inplace option I get:- > > > > home# rsync -r --inplace .in /freecom/backup/home/chris/Mail/ > > rsync: open > > "/freecom/backup/home/chris/Mail/.in/audacity/cur/1172007150.76430_0.newred:2," > > failed: Input/output error (5) > > rsync: open > > "/freecom/backup/home/chris/Mail/.in/audacity/cur/1172012773.6188_0.newred:2," > > failed: Input/output error (5) > > rsync: open > > "/freecom/backup/home/chris/Mail/.in/audacity/cur/1172032604.34523_0.newred:2," > > failed: Input/output error (5) > > rsync: open > > "/freecom/backup/home/chris/Mail/.in/audacity/cur/1172038263.69147_0.newred:2," > > failed: Input/output error (5) > > rsync: open > > "/freecom/backup/home/chris/Mail/.in/freecycle/cur/1172005922.70482_0.newred:2,S" > > failed: Input/output error (5) > > rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at > > main.c(977) [sender=2.6.9] > > > So why is rsync having problems? > > The fact that rsync succeeds on an empty destination suggests that the > network drive has a problem with existing files being overwritten or > opened for writing. If you run "cp -R" twice starting from an empty > destination, does the second run give input/output errors? > No, I can repeat "cp -R" as many times as I like with no problems, sorry I should have added that information.
The vast bulk of files are handled OK by rsync, this error occurs only in a couple of places. The overall rsync probably copies several thousand files and I'm getting maybe twenty or thirty errors similar to the above. -- Chris Green -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
