On Tue 25 Mar 2008, Chris G wrote: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 12:41:25PM +0100, Paul Slootman wrote: > > On Tue 25 Mar 2008, Chris G wrote: > > > > > I'm getting this error message and I don't really understand what > > > rsync is trying to tell me:- > > > > > > rsync: link_stat "/rdiffBackup/gradwell/Mail/." failed: No such file > > > or directory (2) > > > rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at > > > main.c(977) [sender=2.6.9] > > > > > > Can anyone explain what it's saying please. /rdiffBackup/gradwell/Mail/ > > > does exist and is readable by the user running rsync. > > > > > > Oh, this is rsync 3.0.0 and the command line is:- > > > > > > rsync -r --exclude /In/ --exclude /Li/ --exclude /Tm/ > > > /rdiffBackup/gradwell/Mail/ /home/chris/MailArchive > > > > Does /rdiffBackup/gradwell/Mail/ exist below /home/chris/MailArchive/ ? > > > No:-
Oops, sorry, I don't know what I was thinking... (before my 1st mug of coffee, I think :-) > chris$ ls /home/chris/MailArchive/ > boating friends holidays isbd money selling software > vehicles > family garden houseHome jobs personal sentmail telecoms work > france hardware internet leisure riding shopping trimble > > chris$ ls /rdiffBackup/gradwell/Mail/ > In Tm family friends hardware houseHome isbd leisure personal > selling software vehicles > Li boating france garden holidays internet jobs money riding > shopping telecoms work Could you do an "ls -la /rdiffBackup/gradwell/Mail/" ? and perhaps also without the trailing slash. Also running rsync with multiple -v options may help show what's wrong. BTW, is there a reason why you're doing -r and not -a ? Paul Slootman -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
