I have a simple backup shell script that I am using for backups. I have a problem which I think is a result of this error:
rsync warning: some files vanished before they could be transferred (code 24) at main.c(789) Any command after the rsync never gets executed if I get the above error. The file system is very large and we have engineers working at all hours so it is rare that this would complete with out the code 24 error. I am using rsync-2.6.4-3. I read the FAQ which describes how to write a wrapper. http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/FAQ.html The problem is that I have no clue what to do with this and or how to make it work with my script. Any help would be appreciated. The script follows: #!/bin/sh -e # Assumes the existence of #${DIR_BKUP_ROOT}/{Hour-1, Hour-2.....} DIR_BKUP_ROOT="/data1/backup/Hourly" backup=`cat /etc/snapshot/include.text` excludefile=/etc/snapshot/exclude.text INDEX=`cat /data1/backup/Hourly/last-bk.txt` RM="/bin/rm" CP="/bin/cp" RSYNC="/usr/bin/rsync" DATE="/bin/date" [ -x $RM -a -x $CP -a -x $RSYNC -a -x $DATE ] || exit 1 if [ -f ${DIR_BKUP_ROOT}/bk-stats.txt ]; then $RM -f ${DIR_BKUP_ROOT}/bk-stats.txt fi echo Last backup $NEXTHOURLY started on `date` >> ${DIR_BKUP_ROOT}/bk-stats.txt case "$INDEX" in 'Hour-1') NEXTHOURLY="Hour-2" PREVBACK="Hour-1" CLEANUP="Hour-3" ;; 'Hour-2') NEXTHOURLY="Hour-3" PREVBACK="Hour-2" CLEANUP="Hour-4" ;; 'Hour-3') NEXTHOURLY="Hour-4" PREVBACK="Hour-3" CLEANUP="Hour-5" ;; 'Hour-4') NEXTHOURLY="Hour-5" PREVBACK="Hour-4" CLEANUP="Hour-1" ;; 'Hour-5') NEXTHOURLY="Hour-1" PREVBACK="Hour-5" CLEANUP="Hour-2" ;; *) echo "ERROR: Invalid hour!" exit 2 ;; esac # if [ -f ${DIR_BKUP_ROOT}/last-bk.txt ]; then $RM -f ${DIR_BKUP_ROOT}/last-bk.txt fi # if [ -d ${DIR_BKUP_ROOT}/$NEXTHOURLY ]; then $RM -rf ${DIR_BKUP_ROOT}/$NEXTHOURLY fi # echo $NEXTHOURLY >> ${DIR_BKUP_ROOT}/last-bk.txt # # #if [ -f ${DIR_BKUP_ROOT}/last-bk.txt ]; then $RSYNC -R -a --exclude-from=$excludefile --link-dest=${DIR_BKUP_ROOT}/${PREVBACK} $backup ${DIR_BKUP_ROOT}/${NEXTHOURLY}/ #fi echo $NEXTHOURLY backup completed `date` >> ${DIR_BKUP_ROOT}/bk-stats.txt if [ -d ${DIR_BKUP_ROOT}/$CLEANUP ]; then $RM -rf ${DIR_BKUP_ROOT}/$CLEANUP fi echo The removal of $CLEANUP completed `date` >> ${DIR_BKUP_ROOT}/bk-stats.txt exit 0 ------------------------------------ CIO Systems John Gallagher www.ciosystems.com ------------------------------------ -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
