rsync: file too large (27) errors.

Tom tomf at got.net
Fri Feb 23 22:58:23 GMT 2007


I am getting a file too large error. I have googled this and read bug
reports on file. I have upgraded rsync on the system that appeared to be
having problems. I am still not able to find a solution.

I am using Dirvish for backups and was directed to ask here as this was
determined to be more of an rsync issue.

Backup1 = system that initiates Dirvish and pulls the data from other hosts.
     This is a Debian Sarge system with rsync:

rsync  version 2.6.4  protocol version 29
Copyright (C) 1996-2005 by Andrew Tridgell and others <http://rsync.samba.org/>
Capabilities: 64-bit files, socketpairs, hard links, symlinks, batchfiles, inplace, IPv6, 64-bit system inums, 64-bit internal inums

Datahost = system that is being accessed by Backup and has its data
backed up.
    This is a Suse 9.x system with rsync:

rsync  version 2.6.9  protocol version 29
Copyright (C) 1996-2006 by Andrew Tridgell, Wayne Davison, and others.
<http://rsync.samba.org/>
Capabilities: 64-bit files, socketpairs, hard links, symlinks, batchfiles, inplace, IPv6, 32-bit system inums, 64-bit internal inums


Backup1 backs up many hosts and hasn't had a problem with files over 4g
on other systems. It only has a problem on this one, Datahost. The error
received is:

rsync: send_files failed to open "/local/notesdata/mail/person1.nsf":
File too large (27)
rsync: send_files failed to open "/local/notesdata/mail/person2.nsf":
File too large (27)
rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at
main.c(1166) Both of these files exceed 2g.


Any insight or help on this would be greatly appreciated.

~ Tom


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