Package: rsync
Version: 3.2.3-4+deb11u1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: debbug.rs...@sideload.33mail.com
The following simplified command was used to backup a whole drive:
$ rsync -vahHAXS --out-format='%i %n%L %P' --delete --relative --numeric-ids
--prune-empty-dirs --dry-run\
--exclude '/proc/'\
--exclude '/dev/'\
--exclude '/sys/'\
--exclude '/run/'\
--exclude '/mnt/'\
--exclude '/tmp/'\
/ /mnt/backup/
The --out-format supplied above is essentially the same as the -i
option but with “ %P” appended, which is documented in the rsyncd.conf
manpage as follows:
%P the module path
This term “module” is non-intuitive and the first occurance of the
word in the rsync manpage is unexplained (which should be fixed.. the
first use of a term like that should be explained on the spot). It’s
explained further down on the manpage. In any case, I just wanted to
see what %P would show because there seems to be no mechanism to print
the filename on the *receiving* destination side (%f is the long form
of the sender side, and %n is a short form [apparently on the sender
side though this is not specified and thus should be clarified]). I
ultimately need to troubleshoot a problem of files being dumped one
directory level higher than expected on the receiving side. The output
looks like this:
===8<----------------------------------------
…
>f+++++++++ /home/user/foo.txt %P
…
===8<----------------------------------------
So %P is being printed literally.
In summary, these are the bugs:
* --out-format='%i %n%L %P' results in %P being printed literally.
* “module” is mentioned on the rsync man page before it’s defined.
* %n on the rsyncd.conf manpage omits sender/receiver.
* Neither manpage states how to print the full *receiving* side filename.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.5
APT prefers oldstable-updates
APT policy: (990, 'oldstable-updates'), (990, 'oldstable-security'), (990,
'testing'), (990, 'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-19-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages rsync depends on:
ii init-system-helpers 1.60
ii libacl1 2.2.53-10
ii libc6 2.31-13+deb11u5
ii liblz4-1 1.9.3-2
ii libpopt0 1.18-2
ii libssl1.1 1.1.1n-0+deb11u3
ii libxxhash0 0.8.0-2
ii libzstd1 1.4.8+dfsg-2.1
ii lsb-base 11.1.0
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2+deb11u2
rsync recommends no packages.
Versions of packages rsync suggests:
ii openssh-client 1:8.4p1-5+deb11u1
ii openssh-server 1:8.4p1-5+deb11u1
ii python3 3.9.2-3
-- no debconf information
