re: Error messages 3.0.6pre1

I too have the same issue (reported by Warren) - in that 3.06 backups appear valid, but the terminal shows the following errors: rsync(18819) malloc: *** error for object 0xf305c: Non-aligned pointer being freed *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug I'm looking for

Re: Server Reboots in Mid-Rsync

Hi, I've a server at 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5xen x86_64. No problems using rsync for backup nightly. Same for another server running 32 bit 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5xen. Checking, I see that 2.6.18-128.2.1.el5 is available. Have you tried upgrading to that? We just tried it last night and it

Re: --delete-before doesn't seem to actually be deleting before transfer

Matt McCutchen schrieb: No, rsync will only do that if if you have it synchronize /USBstick/backups/dir , i.e., specify a source directory that maps to it. Just copying several dirs _into_ /USBstick/backups/dir does not do the trick. See the description of --delete in the man page.