Could someone please help me with this problem? Rob klein Gunnewiek wrote: > Hello list, > > I get the following error using rsync 3.0.3 (both sides): > > ... > data/xxxxxxxx/admin_docs/2/8/9/9/0/7/9/msg-75682-748.msg is uptodate > data/xxxxxxxx/admin_docs/2/8/9/9/0/8/0/msg-75682-749.txt is uptodate > ERROR: out of memory in flist_expand [generator] > rsync error: error allocating core memory buffers (code 22) at util.c(117) > [generator=3.0.3] > rsync error: received SIGUSR1 (code 19) at main.c(1286) [receiver=3.0.3] > > Command was: rsync -avvz remotehost:/var/www /backup > > These things I have tried to fix the problem: > > After starting rsync, it says 'receiving incremental file list', which I read > indicates it won't consume too much memory. > > I have increased memory by adding an extra swap space of 4GB (I know, > overdone..). There is 1GB of RAM in the system. There is plenty of diskspace > as > well. I have also tried modifying the maximum stack size, which is now 512 MB > for a program. > > In the Rsync FAQ I read Rsync uses approximately 100 bytes per file for > indexing. The number of files to copy from the remote server is 3902364, so > rsync would need about 400MB... right? > > Both sides run FreeBSD 6.x, and rsync 3.0.3. > > What am I missing? >
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