I use rsync to back up my computer to a Windows file share. I like to log the process. And, over time, I’ve found that I need to use the --remote-option to populate the log. That leads to a command similar to:
rsync -av --remote-option=--log-file="/home/michael/Desktop/rsync log.txt" './Rsync Source/' './Rsync Destination/'
I’ve found that with rsync version 3.2.7-2 and the remote-option, I can no longer back up my files.
The trivial command above creates a strange backup folder–КĢ\#304U–in the wrong location.
> rsync -av --remote-option=--log-file="/home/michael/Desktop/rsync log.txt" './Rsync Source/' './Rsync Destination/'
sending incremental file list
created directory КĢ\#304U
./
hello.txt
sent 36,692 bytes received 67 bytes 73,518.00 bytes/sec
total size is 36,555 speedup is 0.99
And my backup script fails with the following errors. My script had been working for months.
> backup
ERROR: destination must be a directory when copying more than 1 file
rsync error: errors selecting input/output files, dirs (code 3) at main.c(758) [Receiver=3.2.7]
rsync: [sender] write error: Broken pipe (32)
rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at io.c(848) [sender=3.2.7]
ERROR: destination must be a directory when copying more than 1 file
rsync error: errors selecting input/output files, dirs (code 3) at main.c(758) [Receiver=3.2.7]
ERROR: destination must be a directory when copying more than 1 file
rsync error: errors selecting input/output files, dirs (code 3) at main.c(758) [Receiver=3.2.7]
rsync: [sender] write error: Broken pipe (32)
ERROR: destination must be a directory when copying more than 1 file
rsync error: errors selecting input/output files, dirs (code 3) at main.c(758) [Receiver=3.2.7]
rsync: [sender] write error: Broken pipe (32)
rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at io.c(848) [sender=3.2.7]
ERROR: destination must be a directory when copying more than 1 file
rsync error: errors selecting input/output files, dirs (code 3) at main.c(758) [Receiver=3.2.7]
Removing the remote option prevents the error from occurring.
> rsync -av './Rsync Source/' './Rsync Destination/' sending incremental file list
./
hello.txt
sent 36,692 bytes received 38 bytes 73,460.00 bytes/sec
total size is 36,555 speedup is 1.00
It looks like Manjaro is getting its rsync package from Arch.
> pacman -Si rsync
Repository : extra
Packager : Felix Yan <felixonmars@archlinux.org>
So, I’m looking for advice on how to address the issue.