On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 12:41:25PM +0100, Paul Slootman wrote: > On Tue 25 Mar 2008, Chris G wrote: > > > I'm getting this error message and I don't really understand what > > rsync is trying to tell me:- > > > > rsync: link_stat "/rdiffBackup/gradwell/Mail/." failed: No such file or > > directory (2) > > rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at > > main.c(977) [sender=2.6.9] > > > > Can anyone explain what it's saying please. /rdiffBackup/gradwell/Mail/ > > does exist and is readable by the user running rsync. > > > > Oh, this is rsync 3.0.0 and the command line is:- > > > > rsync -r --exclude /In/ --exclude /Li/ --exclude /Tm/ > > /rdiffBackup/gradwell/Mail/ /home/chris/MailArchive > Last nights cron run produced no errors so, presumably, it must have been some sort of transient condition that provoked the error.
As a result of the ensuing thread I will consider changing to using -a though. Thanks all. -- Chris Green -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
