On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 17:49:27 +0200 Frank Elsner wrote:
Hi all,
when doing an rsync of /home to a remote host with options "--stats -av --hard-links --delete-during" I get
sending incremental file list cannot delete non-empty directory: frank/.sylpheed-2.0/imapcache/c64.shuttle.de/frank cannot delete non-empty directory: frank/.sylpheed-2.0/imapcache/c64.shuttle.de/frank cannot delete non-empty directory: frank/.sylpheed-2.0/imapcache/c64.shuttle.de
This is strange because the directory does not exist
# cd /home # file frank/.sylpheed-2.0/imapcache/c64.shuttle.de frank/.sylpheed-2.0/imapcache/c64.shuttle.de: cannot open `frank/.sylpheed-2.0/imapcache/c64.shuttle.de' (No such file or directory)
Can someone explain that?
Yes, *I* can explain. The message is about the destination host where the directory in question still exist. But why not empty with "--delete-during" used since the beginning?
Anyway, the oddity no oddity
--Frank