On 15/08/10 14:06, Morgan Read wrote: > On 09/08/10 09:32, Matt McCutchen wrote: >> 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 & Henri thank you for following up. > > I've never worried about .gvfs because I knew it was only part of the > mount system for gnome virtual file system (fuse). It always threw > errors, but I've never noticed that preventing deletion. (Perhaps I've > just never noticed...) I'll fix that and see if skipping file deletion > gets fixed in the process. > > Will report back, many thanks. > M. > Yup, all good on taking out /home/*/.gvfs. Guess I only missed that before as I was on an old system and had a flood of other errors related to extended attributes etc. Now, after much hd thrashing, my b/u is substantially smaller...
(OT, that .gvfs is really a complete stuff up, other than the problems above, it doesn't mount my vfat iso with long file names, only the truncated dos one - meaning I have to mount my IPLS.iso with sudo mount -o loop IPLS.iso /mnt/cdrom anyway - go figure... Note to self, must file another bug report...) Many thanks all. (Henri, I'm in Auckland - but my brothers in ChCh if that lessens the pain any:) Regards, Morgan. -- Morgan Read NEW ZEALAND <mailto:mstuffATreadDOTorgDOTnz> -- 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