I/O error when deleting files
Dave Dykstra
dwd at bell-labs.com
Mon May 27 05:16:03 EST 2002
Does it happen if you don't use '-x'? If both directories are on the
same filesystem, you shouldn't have any need for it.
I'm not sure what the specific problem is, but I do see that the
skip_filesystem() function calls link_stat so perhaps somehow the
empty string is getting passed in there.
- Dave Dykstra
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 01:52:52PM -0700, Bill Houle wrote:
> OK, but I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking for...
>
> I don't think the link error is caused by my data (I have no symlinks).
> For whatever reason, it appears that a blank is leading the file list,
> and the 'stat' on NULL is what is causing the link_stat error.
>
> write(1, " b u i l d i n g f i l".., 23) = 23
> brk(0x00058668) = 0
> brk(0x00060668) = 0
> lstat64("", 0xFFBEF8D8) Err#2 ENOENT
> write(2, " l i n k _ s t a t :".., 39) = 39
>
> The rsync child then just says an error has occured and tells the
> parent to not bother deleting files because of it.
>
> waitid(P_PID, 10233, 0xFFBEF890, WEXITED|WTRAPPED|WNOHANG) = 0
> Received signal #18, SIGCLD, in poll() [caught]
> siginfo: SIGCLD CLD_EXITED pid=10233 status=0x000C
> poll(0xFFBEF870, 0, 20) Err#4 EINTR
> waitid(P_ALL, 0, 0xFFBEF3A8, WEXITED|WTRAPPED|WNOHANG) = 0
> waitid(P_ALL, 0, 0xFFBEF3A8, WEXITED|WTRAPPED|WNOHANG) Err#10 ECHILD
> setcontext(0xFFBEF558)
> poll(0xFFBEF870, 0, 11) = 0
> waitid(P_PID, 10233, 0xFFBEF890, WEXITED|WTRAPPED|WNOHANG) Err#10 ECHILD
> time() = 1021666775
> write(1, " w r o t e 7 9 8 5 5 ".., 54) = 54
> write(1, " t o t a l s i z e i".., 43) = 43
> sigaction(SIGUSR1, 0xFFBEF848, 0xFFBEF8C8) = 0
> sigaction(SIGUSR2, 0xFFBEF848, 0xFFBEF8C8) = 0
> waitid(P_PID, 10233, 0xFFBEF888, WEXITED|WTRAPPED|WNOHANG) Err#10 ECHILD
> write(2, " r s y n c e r r o r :".., 55) = 55
>
> I see that I can turn on "ignore-errors" mode, but that just seems
> dangerous if there were ever anything other than the case I am seeing
> here. So I guess my question is what's with the lstat64("")??
>
> --bill
>
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> > I suggest running truss -f -o trussfile before that command and look for
> > the error in the trussfile and see what's happening just before it. Under
> > some circumstances rsync can print that message when a symlink goes
> > nowhere, but I'm not sure what the circumstances are. Perhaps it does that
> > because you're using -x, I'm not sure.
> >
> > - Dave
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 02:30:00PM -0700, Bill Houle wrote:
> > > /usr/local/bin/rsync \
> > > -axv --delete \
> > > "${MAINDIR}/${FSERVER}/" \
> > > "${MAINDIR}/${TSERVER}/"
> > >
> > > Both locations are on the same (non-NFS) partition.
> > >
> > > All old files are updated and new files copied, but the orphans
> > > are never deleted...
> > >
> > > --bill
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > What is the command you are running?
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: rsync-admin at lists.samba.org
> > > > > [mailto:rsync-admin at lists.samba.org]On
> > > > > Behalf Of Bill Houle
> > > > > Sent: Monday, 1 January 1601 11:00 AM
> > > > > To: rsync at lists.samba.org
> > > > > Subject: I/O error when deleting files
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > When I run rsync in "no-op" mode, all appears fine (it knows what to
> > > > > copy, what to delete). But when I run it "for real", I get:
> > > > >
> > > > > building file list ... link_stat : No such file or
> > > > > directory done
> > > > > IO error encountered - skipping file deletion
> > > > >
> > > > > followed by:
> > > > >
> > > > > total size is 98117172 speedup is 563.78
> > > > > rsync error: partial transfer (code 23) at main.c(578)
> > > > >
> > > > > Any help/pointers -- Solaris 8 on Ultra -- is appreciated.
> > > > >
> > > > > --bill
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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