error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165)

Chris Shoemaker c.shoemaker at cox.net
Wed Jul 14 22:46:09 GMT 2004


On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 10:06:49AM -0400, Linux wrote:
> I get the same error even after taking the advise from the subsequent
> posts to this message and other message stateing "error in rsync
> protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165)" . 
> 
> The one thing that i have noticed is that is only errors when the size
> of the directory on the remote machine exceeds 65GB. if it's 66GB the
> transfer will fail half way through. The files i'm transfering are BKF
> files from veritas backup exec and they range from 2-4GB each. In
> addition my --timeout period is set to "4000"
> 

Thank you for reporting this error.  It would be helpful if you could
show the output of a failed run with the -vvv option.

-chris

> 
> So with that said if i keep the folder under 65GB i have no problems
> what so ever. Also both machines taking part in this process are 2.4ghz
> and have 512mb or pc-3200.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> Edward
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 13:47, Nick Sylvester wrote:
> > I am recieving a connection unexpectedly closed error while trying to 
> > sync a directory on two machines.  Rsync is in my path on both 
> > machines.  I am using ssh and I can connect to the server fine through 
> > ssh.  I am using a vpn but have no problems connecting to any of the 
> > servers with it.  This is the full error message I get:
> > 
> > Remote Machine: Connection refused
> > rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far)
> > rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165)
> > 
> > Here is the command I am using
> > 
> > 
> > rsync -r --timeout=600 user at remote machine:/opt/u91/scripts/sqlpath/* 
> > /home/oracle/sqlpath
> > 
> > I am a new user to rsync and any suggestions or help would be much 
> > appreciated.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Nick Sylvester
> 
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