does anyone use rsync as a backup server?
it usually works okay, however when i use it on this weekend, it prompts
this error msg.
please help

building file list ...
link_stat /mnt/nw/DATA2POP/APPS : Input/Output error
done
delta transmission enabled
total: matches=0 tag_hits=0 false_alarms=0 data=0
wrote 17 bytes read 20 bytes 2.74 bytes/sec
total size is 0 speedup is 0.00
rsync error: partial transfer (code 23) at main.c(578)

On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 23:18:53 +0800,
leo <leowo@netvigator.com> wrote:
> does anyone use rsync as a backup server?
> it usually works okay, however when i use it on this weekend, it prompts
> this error msg.

> link_stat /mnt/nw/DATA2POP/APPS : Input/Output error

Is /mnt/nw/ mounted correctly?

Does the rsync output you gave come from using rsync's -vv option? If
not, it might be worth trying this as the rsync man page recommends it
for debugging.

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