/mnt/backup/foo/home/bar  <-- file
/mnt/backup/foo/old/home/bar  <-- directory

rsync: keep_backup failed: "/mnt/backup/foo/home/bar" -> "/mnt/backup/foo/old/home/bar": Is a directory (21)
rsync: opendir "/mnt/backup/foo/home/bar" failed: Not a directory (20)
rsync: keep_backup failed: "/mnt/backup/foo/home/bar" -> "/mnt/backup/foo/old/home/bar": Is a directory (21) rsync: keep_backup failed: "/mnt/backup/foo/home/bar" -> "/mnt/backup/foo/old/home/bar": Is a directory (21)
rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(791)

In the original error, the file/directory, aka 'bar' was beginning by a dot, it was '.nedit'


Matt McCutchen wrote:

I tried your scenario on rsync 2.6.8.  Rsync successfully overwrite
the destination directory with the source file and didn't change the
backup dir.  How exactly is rsync failing for you?  Error message?

Matt



--
Yan Morin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.sflphone.org/
http://www.savoirfairelinux.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

Reply via email to