Rob Owens wrote:
> I'm familiar with rsync's "file has vanished" error.  As I understand
> it, it means the file was there when the list of files was compiled, but
> it was no longer there by the time the transfer occurred.  However, I
> keep getting this error in my logs for the same four files.  They are
> obviously not vanishing, and there is nothing unique/special about these
> files that I can tell.  Is there something else that could cause this
> error?  The host in question is a Windows machine using rsyncd.
>   
Can you check on your Windows machine if the files are opened or locked 
by any process?
Although you shouldn't receive the "file has vanished" error, but rather 
"Device or resource busy".

I've seen the error too on files that get truncated often (log files, 
temp files, files-that-should-actually-be-a-pipe)

-- 
Toni Van Remortel
Linux System Engineer @ Precision Operations NV
+32 3 452 92 26 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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