On Mar 9, 2010, at 10:09 AM, Wayne Davison wrote: > On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 10:02:26AM -0600, Mike Bombich wrote: >> rsync: make_bak_dir mkdir >> "/Volumes/Backup/_Archive_2010_March_07_22-27-43/Users/jsmith/Library/Mail/Mailboxes/ >> Orchestra" failed: File exists > > Is something else creating that directory at the same time? A race > where 2 processes are creating the same directory would be pretty rare, > though, so it makes me think that OS X is really failing with the wrong > error for a filename it doesn't like. I note that the next element has > an asterisk in it -- should that work OK on that filesystem?
An asterisk is fine but I thought it might raise eyebrows, that's why I added the second user example which didn't have any questionable characters. > >> rsync: keep_backup failed: >> "/Volumes/Backup/Users/jsmith/Library/Mail/Mailboxes/ Orchestra/ * New >> Mexico Concert/Assistant - John Smith.mbox/Messages/269981.emlx" -> >> "_Archive_2010_March_07_22-27-43/Users/jsmith/Library/Mail/Mailboxes/ >> Orchestra/ * New Mexico Concert/Assistant - John >> Smith.mbox/Messages/269981.emlx": No such file or directory > > Note that this error is for the backup -- since the full path does not > exist, trying to create the backup file returns the ENOENT error. > >> if (mkdir_defmode(fbuf) == 0 || errno == EEXIST) // <-- Trap >> for EEXIST? > > The reason I hadn't done that before was because EEXIST gets returned > for any file type -- e.g. file or dir. But this should be OK for the > make_bak_dir() function because it will always be followed up with > either another mkdir() or an attempt to use the path, which should fail > with ENOTDIR if it momentarily accepts a non-dir. You might try the > attached patch and see if it helps. > > ..wayne.. > <exist.patch> Thanks, that patch matches what I've seeded with a couple users. I'll spread my patch to a few more affected users and let you know if it resolves the issue. Mike -- 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
