Certainly, you should upgrade your rsync. 2.4.6 had more than its share of problems. 2.5.5 is generating few complaints. As far as what's actually happening to you, if it continues after the upgrade, give us another run with more "v"s.
Tim Conway [EMAIL PROTECTED] 303.682.4917 office, 303.921.0301 cell Philips Semiconductor - Longmont TC 1880 Industrial Circle, Suite D Longmont, CO 80501 Available via SameTime Connect within Philips, caesupport2 on AIM "There are some who call me.... Tim?" Pascal Bourguignon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/16/2002 11:39 PM Please respond to pjb To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Tim Conway/LMT/SC/PHILIPS) Subject: 'error in rsync protocol data stream' Classification: Hello, While doing a local "rsync" with: rsync -v -auxHS --force / /backup/ (on /backup is mounted another disk), I get these errors: rsync: error writing 4 unbuffered bytes - exiting: Broken pipe rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(463) rsync: error writing 69 unbuffered bytes - exiting: Broken pipe rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(463) [pascal@thalassa mnt]$ rsync --version rsync version 2.5.5 protocol version 26 Copyright (C) 1996-2002 by Andrew Tridgell and others <http://rsync.samba.org/> Capabilities: 64-bit files, socketpairs, hard links, symlinks, batchfiles, IPv6, 64-bit system inums, 64-bit internal inums What's the problem? Should I upgrade rsync? -- __Pascal_Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The name is Baud,...... James Baud. -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html