I'm new to this list and I hope this is the proper way to submit a bug. If not then please advise. Also I'm not a list subscriber so please email me directly and cc the list if appropriate.
I beleive I have found a bug in rsync. It is reproducable and easy to confirm. summary: ======= If rsync is directed to copy a directory tree into another machine and the target directory does not exist then rsync will not create the required path and instead issues this message: mkdir failure: No such file or directory example: ======= rsync -av --progress -e "ssh -1" /etc/ $1:/altsync/$HOSTNAME/etc This example is being called from a bash shell. $1 is the name of the target machine and the idea is that several machines will be backed up to the chosen target with the following directory structure: /altsync/hostname1/etc /altsync/hostname2/etc /altsync/hostname3/etc If the target "hostname" directory exists, then rsync runs. If the target "hostname" directory does not exist, rather than creating it, rsync bombs because the mkdir for "~/hostname/etc" fails. reproducable: ========== Yes ------------------ documentation shortcomming: The above form of the -e option is not documented. IMHO it should be. -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
