That's weird because because i am now getting the same error on two machines, so i would exclude the RAM problem.
Anyway, does the "will try again" mean this message is harmless unless getting a subsequent "will not try again" error message? If yes, is there a way to squelch it? Thank you Gabriele GPG Key Fingerprint: DAD1 E3E3 C3E9 36FB C570 F405 9B5F 7108 A1D0 2FFF Il 03/06/19 14:47, Kevin Korb via rsync ha scritto: > Usually it means that the file changed while rsync was running. But it > can also mean that a hardware problem (usually RAM) is causing the > hashing to return bogus results. > > On 6/3/19 6:09 AM, sambalist--- via rsync wrote: >> Hi there! >> >> On a daily backup script, I am getting a lot of these messages: >> >> WARNING: <filename> -- update retained (will try again). >> >> I've tried googling, but i can't figure out what these messages exactly >> mean and how i can solve them. >> >> Any hint? >> >> Thank you >> >> Gabriele >> > > -- 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