DO NOT REPLY [Bug 4977] rsync: failed to set times on

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https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4977





------- Comment #2 from hashproduct+rsync at gmail.com  2007-09-16 17:10 CST -------
(In reply to comment #0)
> Hello, I'm using the backup script from
> http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/ for some time now without
> probs.
> But lately (like 2 weeks) rsync gives me errors like these:
> rsync: failed to set times on
> "/root/snapshot/home/hourly.0/var/www/localhost/htdocs/squirrelmail/plugins/ldapuserdata/doc/ldapuserdata":
> Function not implemented (38)

That means rsync issued a system call to set the times but the operating system
returned an error.  Such errors usually are not rsync's fault.  Try setting the
times of that file manually using "touch
--reference=/home/var/www/localhost/htdocs/squirrelmail/plugins/ldapuserdata/doc/ldapuserdata
/root/snapshot/home/hourly.0/var/www/localhost/htdocs/squirrelmail/plugins/ldapuserdata/doc/ldapuserdata"
to see if you get the same error.

> But it continues to backup... but i don't know if the backup actually worked...

Rsync considers most filesystem errors non-fatal: it reports them but continues
with the copy.  You can usually assume that all files are copied correctly
except those specifically mentioned in error messages.

> It also exits like this:
> rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(980)
> [sender=2.6.9]
> 
> So i guess that some files aren't backupped :O

That message is just referring to the failure to set times.  If some files were
not copied, rsync would have printed additional errors about that.


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