The "--blocking-io" option fixed the problem. Thanks to jw for the solution. Thanks also to Wayne Davison for his response.
Doug -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of jw schultz Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 12:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(298) On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 12:23:30PM -0800, Doug Floer wrote: > I'm running into a problem rsynchronizing over an rsh connection on the same > subnet. I get variations of the "unexpected tag" error, consistently failing > within io.c at line 298: > > unexpected tag 88 > rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(298) > > Here's the rsync command I've been using: > > rsync -lrpogtz --delete --rsh=rsh --rsync-path=/usr/local/bin/rsync /home dest:/ > > I've been all over the net looking for help and am about to give up. Can anyone > out there provide some suggestions? This is probably a [non]blocking io problem. Rsync has two options for that. Try them. --blocking-io use blocking IO for the remote shell --no-blocking-io turn off --blocking-io You also failed to say what platform and rsync version. -- ________________________________________________________________ J.W. Schultz Pegasystems Technologies email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember Cernan and Schmitt -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
