What kind of file system is the destination writing to? It's highly likely that rsync is trying to write a file with a name that they destination file system doesn't like. Brian Cluff On 01/29/2016 04:04 PM, Michael wrote: > 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~(-: > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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