On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 01:00:02PM -0800, Wayne Davison wrote: >On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 10:00:27AM -0500, George Georgalis wrote: >> rsync: symlink >> "/sawmill/backup/sawmill/snapshot/2006.02.03.0000.01/sawmill/home/geo/comphome" >> -> "/sawmill/comp/home/geo" failed: File exists (17) > >That's a strange error that I haven't seen before. The "File exists" >part of the message comes from interpreting the errno returned from a >symlink() call, so that's what the OS is telling rsync is going wrong. >The call that rsync tried to make is symlink($2, $1), where $2 is the >second name mentioned in the error (the referent) and $1 is the first >name mentioned in the error (the symlink to create). Rsync should >remove anything that was in the way of the symlink (which you say should >not be there, due to the directory starting out empty). When an error >occurs, ls the first name and see if something is there. Perhaps there >is a second rsync running and the two are trying to create symlinks for >in the same places?
You guessed it! When I brought the interval from daily to @8hr, I forgot to remove the @24h, so every midnight.... #0 */3 * * * /usr/local/script/backup.sh 0 */8 * * * /usr/local/script/backup.sh 0 0 * * * /usr/local/script/backup.sh Thanks! // George -- George Georgalis, systems architect, administrator <IXOYE>< http://galis.org/ cell:646-331-2027 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
