On Mon 30 May 2005, Maurice Lucas wrote: > > I use rsync with the following command > #/usr/bin/rsync -ta rsync.server.domain::dir/* /destination
Note: it's always better to let rsync do wildcard expansion in such cases, and -a implies -t already; i.e. use: /usr/bin/rsync -a rsync.server.domain::dir/ /destination > from the command prompt without any problem but if I use the same rsync > command from cron I get the following error > > daemon.warn: May 30 15:18:42 rsyncd[24703]: rsync: connection unexpectedly > closed (0 bytes received so far) [receiver] > daemon.warn: May 30 15:18:42 rsyncd[24703]: rsync error: error in rsync > protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(420) > > Could somebody tell me why. Try adding -v options (often -vv is enough) to show more details. Paul Slootman -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html