rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at main.c(925)

[Dave Dykstra]

Well there's nothing in that configuration and command that jumps out
at me, except that I don't think the max-delete option is very heavily used
(and therefore not very heavily tested).  I suggest putting some debugging
statements int he code to narrow down where that error code of 255 is
coming from.  That indicates that start_client returned 255 which means
that client_run returned 255.  I didn't trace it further.

Also, the fix at
    http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/rsync/2002-February/006371.htm
might possibly give you a more understandable error message.

On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 12:17:56AM +0100, Dogsbody wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Sorry I didn't want to fill my original mail up with too much info  :-\
> 
> Rsync on the Linux box is exactly the same version also compiled from source.
> 
> SSH on Solaris Box:  SSH Version Sun_SSH_1.0, protocol versions 1.5/2.0.
> 
> SSH on Linux Box:  OpenSSH_3.4p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090605f
> 
> An abridged version of the script that is being run (on the solaris box):
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> LOGFILE=/path/to/logfile
> USER=abuser
> HOST=host.domain.com
> SRC=/path/to/source
> DST=/path/to/destination
> 
> /usr/local/bin/rsync -rtvvv \
>         --rsh=/usr/bin/ssh \
>         --rsync-path=/usr/local/bin/rsync \
>         --max-delete=10 \
>         --timeout=300 \
>         --copy-unsafe-links \
>         --log-format='%f %l' \
>         --stats \
>         ${USER}@${HOST}:${SRC} ${DST} \
> >> ${LOGFILE} 2>&1
> 
> exit 0
> 
> 
> Thank you again if anyone can help me.
> 
> Dan
> dan at dogsbody.org
> http://www.dogsbody.org
> 
> 
> Dave Dykstra wrote:
> > 
> > What does your command line look like?  Are you running the same
> > version on the Linux box?  It might also help to know the version of SSH
> > on both ends.
> > 
> > - Dave Dykstra
> > 
> > On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 07:03:44PM +0100, Dogsbody wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I'm new to this group so please be gentle, I have scoured the internet and gone
> > > all through the archives & FAQ's looking for an answer to this.
> > >
> > > I'm using v2.5.5 of rsync which I compiled from source on a Solaris 9 box.  I'm
> > > connecting to a Linux machine over SSH and pulling files back to me.
> > >
> > > The section from the log that shows the error with vvv verbosity is...
> > >
> > > wrote 16 bytes  read 506 bytes  348.00 bytes/sec
> > > total size is 8639208  speedup is 16550.21
> > > rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at main.c(925)
> > > _exit_cleanup(code=255, file=main.c, line=925): about to call exit(255)
> > >
> > > I also have a separate job which pushes files to the linux box but is otherwise
> > > identical which I cannot get to show this error  :-\
> > >
> > > Can anyone please help me track down what is causing this??
> > >
> > > Thank you in advance.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Dan
> > > dan at dogsbody.org
> > > http://www.dogsbody.org