On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 17:49:27 +0200 Frank Elsner wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> when doing an rsync of /home to a remote host with options
> "--stats -av --hard-links --delete-during" I get 
> 
> sending incremental file list
> cannot delete non-empty directory: 
> frank/.sylpheed-2.0/imapcache/c64.shuttle.de/frank
> cannot delete non-empty directory: 
> frank/.sylpheed-2.0/imapcache/c64.shuttle.de/frank
> cannot delete non-empty directory: 
> frank/.sylpheed-2.0/imapcache/c64.shuttle.de
> 
> This is strange because the directory does not exist
> 
> # cd /home 
> # file frank/.sylpheed-2.0/imapcache/c64.shuttle.de
> frank/.sylpheed-2.0/imapcache/c64.shuttle.de: cannot open 
> `frank/.sylpheed-2.0/imapcache/c64.shuttle.de' (No such file or directory)
> 
> Can someone explain that?

Yes, *I* can explain. The message is about the destination host where the
directory in question still exist. But why not empty with "--delete-during"
used since the beginning?

Anyway, the oddity no oddity


--Frank
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