IO error causing file deletion failure?

[Matt McCutchen]

On Sat, 2010-08-07 at 19:54 +1200, Morgan Read wrote:
> I've been running this command, with the accompanying error:
> [root at mythtv ~]# ssh -t rsync at 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:)