date of new directories

Does rsync-2.5.5 (and ealier versions) seems to have a problem with an open socket? I finally figured out which socket to exclude. Now I get an mknod error message the first time I run rsync and the second time it runs to completion. I did know of a netstat (I think) that would show the open

Exclude directories

I am trying to exclude a few directories from being copied to a 2nd local hard disk. I have read the doc's, used the --exclude-from= to specify the filename.. but What confuses me is whether a directory listed in this file should have a trailing / on it or is the file completely different fro

excluding a file.

\) and other combinations. I want to remove this file from the rsync list to copy. /var is linked to /usr/var Also happens with pre1, pre2, pre3 versions. rsync-2.5.0/rsync -axW --exclude-from=exclude.txt /usr/ /backup/usr/ exclude.txt: /usr/src /usr/var/run/log/ -- Ian Kettleborough [EMAIL

rsync not copying owner/group on some files

I login as root. Any help would be appreciated. -- Ian Kettleborough [EMAIL PROTECTED]