Re: rsync: failed to hard-link error message

2006-07-21 Thread Wayne Davison
On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 01:10:11PM -0700, Brett Hamilton wrote: I confirmed that CAN_HARDLINK_SPECIAL was already commented out in config.h, and I'm wondering if rsync should still be producing these errors? The code that produces the cited error is in the function try_dests_non() in

Re: rsync: failed to hard-link error message

2006-07-13 Thread Brett Hamilton
Thanks Wayne. Indeed, it looks like my Mac cannot hard link device files. I confirmed that CAN_HARDLINK_SPECIAL was already commented out in config.h, and I'm wondering if rsync should still be producing these errors? Also, I do in fact want to backup the device files in my snapshots. Makes

Re: rsync: failed to hard-link error message

2006-07-08 Thread Wayne Davison
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 02:43:27PM -0700, Brett Hamilton wrote: rsync: failed to hard-link /Volumes/backups/vanguard/backup.0/dev/agpgart with dev/agpgart: Invalid argument (22) The message Invalid argument is from your OS, and it looks like it is being generated when trying to hard-link a

rsync: failed to hard-link error message

2006-07-07 Thread Brett Hamilton
Dear Rsync, I am seeing the following rsync error messages and I am wondering if it is a sign of trouble, expected behavior, or a bug: rsync: failed to hard-link /Volumes/backups/vanguard/backup.0/dev/agpgart with dev/agpgart: Invalid argument (22) rsync: failed to hard-link