On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 19:54 +1200, Morgan Read wrote: > I've been running this command, with the accompanying error: > [r...@mythtv ~]# ssh -t rs...@192.168.1.40 sudo rsync -avzAXH > --delete-after -e /home/rsync/bin/rsync_ssh /home/
> building file list ... rsync: readlink_stat("/home/morgan/.gvfs") > failed: Permission denied (13) Yes, gvfs-fuse mounts a FUSE filesystem (which denies access to root by default) in an unwise place. https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=gvfs+rsync https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=560658 You'll need to exclude /home/*/.gvfs . > IO error encountered -- skipping file deletion > If anyone is able shed some light on either the error or why it might > prevent deleting files I could save on harddrives:) >From the man page description of --delete If the sending side detects any I/O errors, then the deletion of any files at the destination will be automatically disabled. This is to prevent temporary filesystem failures (such as NFS errors) on the sending side from causing a massive deletion of files on the destination. You can override this with the --ignore-errors option. -- Matt -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html