Re: [PLUG] Indecipherable rsync error message SOLVED

2018-09-29 Thread Tomas K
Try hdparam to control sleep time. Here is Ubuntu link: https://askubuntu.com/questions/39760/how-can-i-control-hdd-spin-down-t ime If that does not work, and you cannot change your DAS settings, you might need to look at powertop to check if your USB is not going to sleep. Synology NAS have

Re: [PLUG] Indecipherable rsync error message SOLVED

2018-09-29 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 29 Sep 2018 14:28:43 -0700 Tomas K dijo: >It appears that you either did not have the directory mounted or it was >in power saving mode (disks spun down, etc.) The Movies USB device is always mounted, but yes, it seems to go into sleep mode all the time. Any disk activity brings it out

Re: [PLUG] Indecipherable rsync error message SOLVED

2018-09-29 Thread Tomas K
It appears that you either did not have the directory mounted or it was in power saving mode (disks spun down, etc.) I would recommend that you to either manually make sure that the source and destinations are both available or setup some wait loop in your script to allow and trigger mounting.

Re: [PLUG] Indecipherable rsync error message SOLVED

2018-09-29 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 22:39:53 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: Problem solved: cd .. cd /media/jjj/Movies Now the rsync command works as expected, as do other commands. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Indecipherable rsync error message

2018-09-29 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 23:34:37 -0700 wes dijo: >On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 10:26 PM John Jason Jordan >wrote: >> rsync: getcwd(): Input/output error (5) rsync error: errors selecting >> input/output files, dirs (code 3) at util.c(1056) [Receiver=3.1.1] >I don't know about the numbers, but

Re: [PLUG] Indecipherable rsync error message

2018-09-29 Thread Jim Garrison
On 9/28/2018 10:23 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > rsync -rptog --progress --stats --delete > --exclude-from=/media/jjj/Movies/rsync_exclusions /media/jjj/Movies/ > /media/jjj/Synology > > rsync: getcwd(): Input/output error (5) rsync error: errors selecting > input/output files, dirs (code 3) at

Re: [PLUG] Indecipherable rsync error message

2018-09-29 Thread David Fleck
On Fri, 2018-09-28 at 23:34 -0700, wes wrote: > "getcwd()" is a function that returns the current working > directory, so I'd start there. Are you in a valid directory location when running the command? ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Indecipherable rsync error message

2018-09-29 Thread wes
On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 10:26 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: > This is an rsync command that used to work: > > rsync -rptog --progress --stats --delete > --exclude-from=/media/jjj/Movies/rsync_exclusions /media/jjj/Movies/ > /media/jjj/Synology > > This evening it gives me: > > rsync: getcwd():