On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 13:37 -0700, Tim Hanson wrote: > On Saturday, September 25, 2010 01:22:29 pm you wrote: > > On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 13:16 -0700, Tim Hanson wrote: > > > I either have a problem with rsync or it is not intended to do what I am > > > asking it to do. > > > > > > I am trying to mirror a copy of /home/foo to a local usb drive. The copy > > > is made, but the destination does not appear to be deleting files I have > > > deleted on the source. Here is the command line I am using (part of a > > > script I use to do this and other housekeeping chores): > > > > > > As root: > > > > > > rsync -av --progress --delete --exclude /home/foo/.local/share/Trash \ > > > --log-file=/home/foo/Desktop/$(date +%Y%m%d)_rsync.log.usb$disk \ > > > /home/foo /media/usb$disk > > > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > Check the log file for any relevant error messages. In particular, if > > the sender gets an error that could result in the omission of existing > > source files from the file list, deletion will be skipped. If this > > occurs, rsync will print the message, > > "IO error encountered -- skipping file deletion". > > I get this error every time: > > rsync: readlink_stat("/home/timh/.gvfs") failed: Permission denied (13)
If you searched the web for "rsync gvfs" you would see that this is a well-known issue: GNOME mounts a FUSE virtual filesystem in an inappropriate place. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=560658 > Does rsync skip deletion of this file only, or is deletion turned off for all > files? Deletion is turned off for all files from that point on. -- Matt -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html