rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(463)

[Dag Wieers]

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003, Dag Wieers wrote:

> Using rsync-2.5.6 I get the exact same error:
> 
> 	building file list ... 
> 	28844 files to consider
> 	apt/packages/
> 	apt/packages/avifile/
> 	apt/packages/avifile/avifile-0.7.34-1.dag.rh90.i386.rpm
> 	rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 4 bytes: phase "unknown": Broken pipe
> 	rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(515)
> 
> I'm now going to test with an unpatched rsync, although looking at the Red 
> Hat patches I don't see anything that could cause this.

Ok, I found the FAQ ;) The remote disk is full. Is there a chance that 
rsync could give a more descriptive error ? The reason why I didn't look 
in the FAQ right away was because it looked like a real bug, not something 
that is known.

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