> > Remote[1]: rsync: opendir "/dev/fd/3" failed: Bad file descriptor (9)
 > > Xfer PIDs are now 30450,30452
 > > 
 > > This is the initial backup.  That's not trying to back up a non-existent
 > > floppy, is it?
 > 
 > FD(4)                    BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual                    
 > FD(4)
 > 
 > NAME
 >      fd, stdin, stdout, stderr -- file descriptor files
 > 
 > DESCRIPTION
 >      The files /dev/fd/0 through /dev/fd/# refer to file descriptors which 
 > can
 >      be accessed through the file system.  
 > 
 > Looks like it's some bsd-ism or osx-ism for file descriptors.  I'd suggest
 > excluding /dev/fd* from your backups.

/dev/fd exists on linux as well.  on linux it's a symlink into /proc, and
since /proc is always excluded from backups, there's no issue.

paul
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