[NBLUG/talk] Question on rsync error

Bob Blick bobblick at ftml.net
Fri Apr 3 12:57:09 PDT 2009


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]
> 
> Any ideas on what that message actually means?

If the external drive is FAT32 filesystem that could be the reason,
FAT32 doesn't have as many attributes as NTFS or EXT2/3 etc.

Cheerful regards,

Bob

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