[NBLUG/talk] Question on rsync error

[Kyle Rankin]

On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 12:20:37PM -0700, Sean wrote:
> Can you give us what the "previous message" says? From what I see that
> will tell us what the actual problem was.
> 
> Check out this link to see if it is the same problem as you are having:
> 
> http://www.nabble.com/rsync-colon-in-filename-to-MSWin-fails-td19571614.html
> 
> Since you are in Windows are you using Cygwin?
> 
> 
> Sean
> 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:31 AM, sean machin <smachin1000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sean
> >

I've also seen issues with Windows rsync due to file size limitations. If
it seems like it's not transferring 2Gb+ files, that could be it.

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