Currently we are using rsync to backup our critical information to a hard drive connected to a remote computer. There are two main folders, one of them works and the other does not. When I try to rsync the second one I get the following errors. rsync: recv generator: mkdir "/mnt/usb_hd/bigmama_bak/ccdevel/attachments/tickets/112" failed: No such file or directory (2) rsync: stat "/mnt/usb_hd/bigmama_bak/ccdevel/attachments/tickets/112" failed: No such file or directory (2)
Rsync won't create ancestors of the destination directory; this may be what you're seeing. Please post your rsync command.
the command im using is rsync -zavPot /critical/svn_trac/trac/ ssh ktc@24.56.242.128:/mnt/usb_hd/bigmama_bak
The problematic directory is inside the destination, so rsync should have been able to create it. - Do you get any other error messages? - What is the nearest ancestor of /mnt/usb_hd/bigmama_bak/ccdevel/attachments/tickets/112 that exists on the destination? - Please strace the receiving end using the rsync-debug script from http://rsync.samba.org/issues.html and attach the output to this bug, or email it to Wayne or me if it is big or private.
Created attachment 4417 [details] Patch to ignore "delete of stat xattr" failures on symlinks
(In reply to comment #4) > Created an attachment (id=4417) [details] > Patch to ignore "delete of stat xattr" failures on symlinks > Whoops, wrong bug. Sorry.
Closing due to lack of response. Feel free to open if you can provide the information requested in comment #3.