[root@84-45-228-40.no-dns-yet.enta.net: Cron <chris@home> rsync -r --exclude /In/ --exclude /Lirsync error message that I don't understand

[Paul Slootman]

On Tue 25 Mar 2008, Chris G wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 12:41:25PM +0100, Paul Slootman wrote:
> > On Tue 25 Mar 2008, Chris G wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm getting this error message and I don't really understand what
> > > rsync is trying to tell me:-
> > > 
> > >     rsync: link_stat "/rdiffBackup/gradwell/Mail/." failed: No such file or directory (2)
> > >     rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(977) [sender=2.6.9]
> > > 
> > > Can anyone explain what it's saying please.  /rdiffBackup/gradwell/Mail/
> > > does exist and is readable by the user running rsync.
> > > 
> > > Oh, this is rsync 3.0.0 and the command line is:-
> > > 
> > >     rsync -r --exclude /In/ --exclude /Li/ --exclude /Tm/ /rdiffBackup/gradwell/Mail/ /home/chris/MailArchive
> > 
> > Does /rdiffBackup/gradwell/Mail/ exist below /home/chris/MailArchive/ ?
> > 
> No:-

Oops, sorry, I don't know what I was thinking...
(before my 1st mug of coffee, I think :-)


>     chris$ ls /home/chris/MailArchive/
>     boating  friends   holidays   isbd     money     selling software  vehicles
>     family   garden    houseHome  jobs     personal  sentmail telecoms  work
>     france   hardware  internet   leisure  riding    shopping  trimble
> 
>     chris$ ls /rdiffBackup/gradwell/Mail/
>     In  Tm       family  friends  hardware  houseHome  isbd  leisure personal  selling   software  vehicles
>     Li  boating  france  garden   holidays  internet   jobs  money riding    shopping  telecoms  work

Could you do an "ls -la /rdiffBackup/gradwell/Mail/" ? and perhaps also
without the trailing slash.
Also running rsync with multiple -v options may help show what's wrong.

BTW, is there a reason why you're doing -r and not -a ?


Paul Slootman