On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 08:19:36AM -0400, DALJIT TAMANA, BLOOMBERG/ LONDON wrote: > Hi, > > I'm getting the following error occasional and can't find out why; > > 05/14/2011 09:28:51 rsyncing /dbtmp to /dbtmp.new (1st pass) .... > rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 4 bytes [sender]: Broken pipe (32) > rsync: write failed on "/dbtmp.new/file.dmp": File too large (27)
This message is from your operating system (EFBIG); you've probably hit the limits of what your file system can handle, as set by setrlimit (check RLIMIT_FSIZE). Alternatively, I can imagine syncing to a different filesystem and then remounting it or something... Scott -- Scott Wiersdorf sc...@ipartner.net -- 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