Hi,
sorry if this is old stuff, but I did my best to look first... Have been getting errors along these lines: mv mydir mdir.2002 ln -s mydir.2002 mydir Then update mirror with rsync -av --delete-after. Without --delete-after, no problem, with --delete-after, get a code 23. The attached shell script will recreate the error (on my machine, at any rate). Just run it from a clean directory. Don't know if this is a bug or a feature. I did see the bit in the TODO list about duplicate names and symlinks, this passage seems relevant: "We don't need to worry about hard links causing duplicates because files are never updated in place. Similarly for symlinks." For now, I'll just live without --delete-after but it would be useful to have at some point, so grateful for any tips. thanks! - Judah Milgram [EMAIL PROTECTED] #!/bin/bash # # 1. rename a directory. # 2. create symlink with old dir's name. # 3. update mirror # RSYNC=/usr/bin/rsync uname -msrp ldd $RSYNC $RSYNC --version # This seems to trigger error with rsync version 2.5.5 protocol version 26 RSYNCFLAGS="-av --delete-after" # This seems OK # RSYNCFLAGS="-av" # set up source directory echo mkdir a mkdir a/b touch a/b/foo find a # mirror to target echo $RSYNC $RSYNCFLAGS a a_mirror find a a_mirror # Now do some reorganization in source dir: echo cd a mv -v b b.1 ln -sv b.1 b cd .. # Now mirror again: $RSYNC $RSYNCFLAGS a a_mirror find a a_mirror # end output from above: Linux 2.4.18 i686 unknown libpopt.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0 (0x40027000) libresolv.so.2 => /lib/libresolv.so.2 (0x4002d000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4003d000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000) 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 rsync comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. See the GNU General Public Licence for details. a a/b a/b/foo building file list ... done created directory a_mirror a/b/foo wrote 127 bytes read 36 bytes 108.67 bytes/sec total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 a a/b a/b/foo a_mirror a_mirror/a a_mirror/a/b a_mirror/a/b/foo `b' -> `b.1' create symbolic link `b' to `b.1' building file list ... done a/ delete_file: rmdir(a/b) : Directory not empty rsync: symlink "a/b" -> "b.1": File exists a/b.1/ a/b.1/foo deleting a/b/foo wrote 155 bytes read 36 bytes 382.00 bytes/sec total size is 3 speedup is 0.02 rsync error: partial transfer (code 23) at main.c(578) a a/b a/b.1 a/b.1/foo a_mirror a_mirror/a a_mirror/a/b a_mirror/a/b.1 a_mirror/a/b.1/foo -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html