rsync: mkstemp ... No such file or directory mangled dirname

[Markus Schaub]

Hello all

I have two Linux boxes. The first one is samba servers for the Windows clients. The second one is backup storage. So every few hours rsnc synchronises the data directories on the second machine.

They are Suse Linux 9
Linux max 2.6.11.4-21.7-smp #1 SMP Thu Jun 2 14:23:14 UTC 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
rsync  version 2.6.3  protocol version 28

From time to time I get errors reported, now last saturday this message occured and it puzzles me. There was no one in the office at that time and there is no remote access. So what has happend.

Strange enough, there is no directory /data/wl but there is /data/gl. Also some time back I found a similar message where one letter in the path was changed.

Why is this one letter changed and what is going on on a Saturday evening?

Thanks for your support

Error 1: there is no directory /data/wl, but there is /data/gl

rsync: mkstemp "//data/wl/Kunden/XXXXXX/Angebote_Auftragsbestaetigungen/.AB_200806.doc.FFD9fg" failed: No such file or directory (2)
rsync: mkstemp "//data/wl/Kunden/XXXXXX/Angebote_Auftragsbestaetigungen/.Angebot_Baustellenleiter_040624.doc.kuebxP" failed: No such file or directory (2)
...
rsync: mkstemp "//data/wl/Kunden/XXXXXX/Angebote_Auftragsbestaetigungen/.Personal Resources_Sofia_Rechsteiner_030623.doc.DwVMgO" failed: No such file or directory (2)
rsync: mkstemp "//data/wl/Kunden/XXXXXX/Angebote_Auftragsbestaetigungen/.Thes_E_030623.doc.mCyeMn" failed: No such file or directory (2)
rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(702)

Error 2: there is no directory Kundeo should be Kunden

rsync: mkstemp "//data/gl/Kundeo/XXXXXX/b-Projekte/C A D/999999_Final Schemata_Final Legenden_Final Listen_020725/Schemata/Batch6/.203.dwg.jgPyDB" failed: No such file or directory (2)
rsync: mkstemp "//data/gl/Kundeo/XXXXXX/b-Projekte/C A D/999999_Final Schemata_Final Legenden_Final Listen_020725/Schemata/Batch6/.Batch6_Final.zip.WMg8RG" failed: No such file or directory (2)
rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(702)

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