but it was doing it fine before I downloaded the videos. Hmmmmmm..... I just tried it as: rsync -aWuq --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk rsync -rWuq --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk rsync -ruq --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk rsync -rq --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk rsync -r --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk rsync -a --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk And it keep doing the same thing: $ rsync -aWuv --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk building file list ... done Documents/ Documents/Business/PropertyPhotographing/PrivateClients/ Documents/Business/PropertyPhotographing/Sky/Blue/ Documents/Business/PropertyPhotographing/Sky/Cloud1/ Documents/Business/PropertyPhotographing/Sky/Cloud2/ Documents/Business/PropertyPhotographing/Sky/Cloud3/ Documents/Business/PropertyPhotographing/Sky/Cloud4/ Documents/Business/PropertyPhotographing/Sky/Cloud5/ Documents/Business/PropertyPhotographing/Sky/moon/ Documents/Business/PropertyPhotographing/Vegetation/ Documents/Business/PropertyPhotographing/Velocity/ Documents/Business/PropertyPhotographing/Velocity/20160113/ Documents/Business/PropertyPhotographing/Velocity/20160114/ Documents/Business/PropertyPhotographing/Velocity/20160114/darktable_exported/ Documents/Business/PropertyPhotographing/Velocity/20160114/test/ Documents/Business/PropertyPhotographing/Velocity/test/ Documents/Business/PropertyPhotographing/ad/ Documents/Business/PropertyPhotographing/ad/darktable_exported/ Documents/Education/Darktable/ Documents/Education/Darktable/darktable-1:10WaterLilyEdit Documents/Education/Darktable/darktable-1:117Features2.0 Documents/Education/Darktable/darktable-1:11Motorbike Documents/Education/Darktable/darktable-1:12Geotagging Documents/Education/Darktable/darktable-1:13Features1.4 Documents/Education/Darktable/darktable-1:14Masks Documents/Education/Darktable/darktable-1:15ModuleEqualizer Documents/Education/Darktable/darktable-1:16BacklitPictures Documents/Education/Darktable/darktable-1:1intro Documents/Education/Darktable/darktable-1:2 Documents/Education/Darktable/darktable-1:3NoiseReduction Documents/Education/Darktable/darktable-1:4BootsEdit Documents/Education/Darktable/darktable-1:5PerspectiveEdit Documents/Education/Darktable/darktable-1:6HairEdit1 Documents/Education/Darktable/darktable-1:7HairEdit2 Documents/Education/Darktable/darktable-1:8HDR Documents/Education/Darktable/darktable-1:9Download Documents/Education/The GIMP/The GIMP Magazine/ Documents/Plants/ Documents/childsupport/ rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Documents/Education/Darktable/.darktable-1:10WaterLilyEdit.CccL3o" failed: Invalid argument (22) rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Documents/Education/Darktable/.darktable-1:117Features2.0.QBpFFt" failed: Invalid argument (22) rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Documents/Education/Darktable/.darktable-1:11Motorbike.8iELzH" failed: Invalid argument (22) rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Documents/Education/Darktable/.darktable-1:12Geotagging.oRmWTY" failed: Invalid argument (22) rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Documents/Education/Darktable/.darktable-1:13Features1.4.nyc6hk" failed: Invalid argument (22) rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Documents/Education/Darktable/.darktable-1:14Masks.RAs9aL" failed: Invalid argument (22) rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Documents/Education/Darktable/.darktable-1:15ModuleEqualizer.edwAId" failed: Invalid argument (22) rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Documents/Education/Darktable/.darktable-1:16BacklitPictures.iZSO4H" failed: Invalid argument (22) rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Documents/Education/Darktable/.darktable-1:1intro.Hkay7c" failed: Invalid argument (22) rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Documents/Education/Darktable/.darktable-1:2.FYqqhL" failed: Invalid argument (22) rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Documents/Education/Darktable/.darktable-1:3NoiseReduction.KN8Rzl" failed: Invalid argument (22) rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Documents/Education/Darktable/.darktable-1:4BootsEdit.gg6Pl1" failed: Invalid argument (22) rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Documents/Education/Darktable/.darktable-1:5PerspectiveEdit.VhV5EJ" failed: Invalid argument (22) rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Documents/Education/Darktable/.darktable-1:6HairEdit1.hx0tDt" failed: Invalid argument (22) rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Documents/Education/Darktable/.darktable-1:7HairEdit2.0SUXYe" failed: Invalid argument (22) rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Documents/Education/Darktable/.darktable-1:8HDR.HbGzj3" failed: Invalid argument (22) rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Documents/Education/Darktable/.darktable-1:9Download.v7JmDV" failed: Invalid argument (22) sent 2,132,213,018 bytes received 2,828 bytes 69,908,716.26 bytes/sec total size is 8,091,764,760 speedup is 3.80 rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) (code 23) at main.c(1183) [sender=3.1.0] On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 5:18 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: > Those errors are probably occurring from copying files from a partition > that supports permissions to a drive/partition with something like a fat32 > filesystem that does not support permissions. > > By changing the -a to a -r rsync simply copies the files instead of trying > to preserve all the permissions, so no errors. > > Brian Cluff > > On 01/29/2016 02:01 PM, Michael wrote: > > I run: > > rsync -aWuq --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents > /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk > > and I get a bunch of errors that say: > > rsync: mkstemp "/media/bmike1/RedSanDisk/Documents/Education/ > Darktable/.darktable-1:7HairEdit2.y4Qitq" failed: Invalid argument (22) > > in my search for an answer as to "why" I happened upon this > . > (copied below for your convenience.) Their solution was to change the > archive tag (-a) to a recursive (-r) tag. What about the other settings > that -a preserves? > However, it didn't work for me and I just noticed that what rsync seems to > be doing is taking all of the videos I have in the folder "Darktable" and > refusing to copy them and in the error message appending the file name with > a 6 character string (.y4Qitq in the example shown). > Perhaps it is expecting a file type (.mp4 or something) and when it > doesn't find it creates it's own. > > > Rsync from linux server to a Windows server as a redundant backup using > cwrsync but getting an error for the chown command on the directories being > backed up. > > The issue was simple enough, stop telling rsync to change the owner as the > linux command is invalid on the windows server. > 1 > rsync -atv /directorytobackup/ windo w sserver::cwshare > > changed to > 1 > rsync -rtv /directorytobackup/ windo w sserver::cwshare > > and all is now quiet from an error message perspective. > > Thanks to Marcin and Linux Questions > Forum > for > the solution. > > But I'm going from Linux to a USB drive. > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: