https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7129
--- Comment #9 from basti <bastian-samba-rsync-bugzi...@t6l.de> 2013-09-19 10:05:33 UTC --- Just for Info I have hit this bug on debian 7.1, when creating a backup of my rsnapshot backup. I need to preserve hard links for this. """ % rsync --version rsync version 3.0.9 protocol version 30 % rsync -aH $SRC $DST """ Error message is: """ rsync: unlink "/mnt/backup/rsnapshot/root/daily.1/host/home/user/.psi" failed: Is a directory """ In my case this is triggered, when a directory became a link or vice versa: """ % cd /mnt/backup/rsnapshot/root % stat */host/home/user/.psi | grep -E '(File|Size)' File: `daily.0/host/home/user/.psi' Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory File: `daily.1/host/home/user/.psi' Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory File: `daily.2/host/home/user/.psi' Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory File: `daily.3/host/home/user/.psi' Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory File: `daily.4/host/home/user/.psi' Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory File: `daily.5/host/home/user/.psi' Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory File: `daily.6/host/home/user/.psi' Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory File: `monthly.0/host/home/user/.psi' Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory File: `monthly.1/host/home/user/.psi' Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory File: `monthly.2/host/home/user/.psi' -> `fuse/mnt/private/rc/psi' Size: 23 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 symbolic link File: `monthly.3/host/home/user/.psi' -> `fuse/mnt/private/rc/psi' Size: 23 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 symbolic link File: `monthly.4/host/home/user/.psi' -> `fuse/mnt/private/rc/psi' Size: 23 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 symbolic link File: `monthly.5/host/home/user/.psi' -> `fuse/mnt/private/rc/psi' Size: 23 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 symbolic link File: `weekly.0/host/home/user/.psi' Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory File: `weekly.1/host/home/user/.psi' Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory File: `weekly.2/host/home/user/.psi' Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory File: `weekly.3/host/home/user/.psi' Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory """ Solution was, as descibed above, to run latest rsync code. I cloned from git and compiled v3.0.3-568-g60cc5d4 """ % /opt/rsync/local/bin/rsync --version rsync version 3.1.0pre1 protocol version 31.PR14 """ Now, these unlink problems dont exist anymore. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.samba.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug. -- 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
