Tom Walsh wrote: > rsync --verbose --progress --stats --compress --rsh=/usr/bin/"slogin > -l root -o Compression=yes" --recursive --times --links --perms > --owner --group machineA.com:/etc /backup/machineA.com/etc > > The following occurs: > > All directories on Machine A /etc are replicated on Machine C > /backup.../etc, however when the process starts to transfer files from > Machine A, I get: > > receiving file list ... > 650 files to consider > etc/ > etc/.pwd.lock > 30888880 0% 8.82MB/s 538:49:00 > > Looks pretty normal, except the fact that /etc/.pwd.lock is a 0 size > file... So I am not sure where it is getting all that data from.
Can you tell us anything about what exactly /etc/.pwd.lock is? Does ls -l /etc/.pwd.lock show anything different to a file which syncs ok? Max. -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html