Using 3.0.5 I can't send a file with ':' in its name in the current directory without prefixing it with ./
delos% touch file:ext delos% rsync -avP file:ext sylla:/home/ldm The source and destination cannot both be remote. rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1154) [receiver=3.0.5] delos:~% rsync -avP "file:ext" sylla:/home/ldm The source and destination cannot both be remote. rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1154) [receiver=3.0.5] delos:~% rsync -avP file\:ext sylla:/home/ldm The source and destination cannot both be remote. rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1154) [receiver=3.0.5] delos:~% rsync -avP ./file:ext sylla:/home/ldm sending incremental file list file:ext 0 100% 0.00kB/s 0:00:00 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1) sent 83 bytes received 31 bytes 228.00 bytes/sec total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 delos:~% touch file.ext delos:~% rsync -aP file.ext sylla:/home/ldm sending incremental file list file.ext 0 100% 0.00kB/s 0:00:00 (xfer#1, to-check=0/1) sent 83 bytes received 31 bytes 76.00 bytes/sec total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html