3.0.7: assert in change_local_filter_dir failed

I'm seeing the following assert: rsync --archive --devices --specials --sparse --one-file-system --verbose --whole-file --numeric-ids --delete-before --hard-links --delete-excluded --exclude-from=/share/alliance-bind-local2/rsync.exclude.all --include-from=/share/alliance-bind-local2/rsync.inc

rsync 3.0.7 hangs with unreadable hard-links files

Hello rsync list I've stumbled across a fairly obscure situation in which rsync hangs -- it just waits until I press ctrl-C. Here's a transcript. Note that directory foo contains two small files that are hard-linked together, and are unreadable.

Re: rsync and many files

Kevin Korb sanitarium.net> writes: > A lot of this has to do with the filesystems and operating systems involved. > > Since you didn't specify I will guess Linux with ext3. If that is the > case run don't walk to ext4. Also, mount the filesystems with the > noatime and nodiratime options. This

Re: rsync and many files

On 2011-06-07, Kevin Korb wrote: > > A lot of this has to do with the filesystems and operating systems involved. > > Since you didn't specify I will guess Linux with ext3. If that is the > case run don't walk to ext4. Also, mount the filesystems with the > noatime and nodiratime options. This