DO NOT REPLY [Bug 5078] New: Unable to use Win32 device paths with --files-from

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https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5078

           Summary: Unable to use Win32 device paths with --files-from
           Product: rsync
           Version: 2.6.9
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: major
          Priority: P3
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned at samba.org
        ReportedBy: greg at bolshaw.me.uk
         QAContact: rsync-qa at samba.org


I am using vshadow.exe to create a volume shadow copy of c: which is made
available at //?/GLOBALROOT/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1. I can then run
the following rsync command succesfully:

rsync -ae ssh //?/GLOBALROOT/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1/SomeFolder/
user at remote.server:Backup

Next, I try to implement the same but using --files-from, as follows:

rsync -ae ssh --files-from=files.txt
//?/GLOBALROOT/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1/ user at remote.server:Backup

(files.txt contains SomeFolder/)

However, this fails with the following error:

rsync: push_dir "//?/GLOBALROOT/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1/" failed: Not
a directory (20)
rsync error: errors selecting input/output files, dirs (code 3) at
flist.c(1082)
 [sender=2.6.9]

I have also tried without the trailing slash after HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1
and get a different error:

rsync: push_dir "//?/GLOBALROOT/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1" failed:
Invalid argument (22)
rsync error: errors selecting input/output files, dirs (code 3) at
flist.c(1082)
 [sender=2.6.9]


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