[NBLUG/talk] Question on rsync error

[Robert P. Thille]

sean machin wrote:
> Bob Blick wrote:
>> On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:31:16 -0700, "sean machin"
>> <smachin1000 at gmail.com> said:
>>   
>>> Hey Guys,
>>>
>>> I've got a simple rsync script which I use to backup some of my local 
>>> Windows PC directories to an external USB HD.
>>> It seems to back up fine but now and then I get this error msg:
>>>
>>> rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) 
>>> (code 2
>>> 3) at /home/lapo/packaging/rsync-3.0.4-1/src/rsync-3.0.4/main.c(1040) 
>>> [sender=3.
>>> 0.4]

Could be that the file rsync is trying to transfer has disappeared 
between when it 'found' it, and when it tried to transfer it.

At work we use LVM snapshots to handle that.

Robert

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