Hi all, I'm running rsync version 2.6.3 protocol version 28 on Solaris 8 and am having a problem.
We have some scripts that wrap around rsync and generate a list of files to transfer from the sending system (regardless of whether that directory exists on the receiver). I was expecting rsync to fail when transferring files with a path that doesn't exist on the receiver (in fact that's what I want it to do and I'm not worried about error messages). What seems to be happening is that even though the directory doesn't exist and the temporary file can't be created the data is transferred but not written anywher e.g. /usr/local/bin/rsync --stats -lptgoDvxe ssh sender:/source_dir/ORACLE/dsk03/ORACLE/DIR/somefile.dbf /dest_dir/dsk03/ORACLE/DIR/somefile.dbf rsync: mkstemp "/data00/dsk03/ORACLE/DIR/.somefile.jDaGKh" failed: No such file or directory (2) Number of files: 1 Number of files transferred: 1 Total file size: 839917568 bytes Total transferred file size: 839917568 bytes Literal data: 839917568 bytes Matched data: 0 bytes File list size: 69 Total bytes sent: 36 Total bytes received: 840020225 sent 36 bytes received 840020225 bytes 2654092.45 bytes/sec total size is 839917568 speedup is 1.00 rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(1146) An lsof of the rsync processes showed that no file was opened (apart from stdin, stdout, stderr and some sockets) that looked like the destination file. However a snoop confirms that data was being transferred from the sender to the receiver. I guess what I'm getting at is that if rsync can't create the temporary file shouldn't it just bail ? Any info would be greatfully received. Cheers - Steve ======================================================================== He didn't administer a reign of terror, just the occasional light shower. - Terry Pratchett, Sourcery -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
