diff will check difference in files or directories, but not symlinks and dot files automatically (depending on how you ask - or what your command syntax looks like).
You evidently don't have dircmp installed. Are you using Debian or Ubuntu?
For instance, did you ask for your diff like this:
diff -r --brief dir1 dir2
Just to make this simple:
1) Visually inspect your source directory and children directories for:
a) Permissions issues
b) Writable files
c) symlinks
2) Check the permissions for your destination directory, symlinks and dot files or directories, visually.
3) Post both commands, your full diff command and your original rsync command.
4) Bugs exist for rsync; check your distro and rsync version? Error 23 can be a bug even when all files have been successfully tranferred.
Check the Ubuntu support forums for others with your version, and/or Debian bugs, etc.
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> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:30:14 -0700
> From: holtzm@cox.net
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: RE: rsync error message
>
> On Fri, 19 Dec 2008, Lisa Kachold wrote:
>
> >
> > A) rdiff
> >
> > You might use dircmp instead of rdiff to include the dot . files?
> >
> > dircmp holtzcm /media/disk/home
>
> Ran a search on dircmp and most everything I found said diff did the
> same thing. One message asked specifically where to d/l dircmp and all
> the replys said use diff. Not one told him where to get it.
>
>
> Do I understand from your reply that diff doesn't check dot files? I had
> never heard that.
>
> BTW, where *do* you get it? Apt-get install throws up its hands. Is it
> part of a larger package?
> >
> >
> > B) rsync
> >
> > 1) rsync reports a code 23 when there's a problem with the
> > password file, even when the right password is supplied and files are
> > transferred.
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync@lists.samba.org/msg19786.html
> >
> > 2) Various versions of rsync/CVS included a bug that there was an issue with password file (Probably not your issue) reported as error 23.
> >
> > 3) Samba often reports a code 23 when issues occur for permissions.
> >
> > http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2007-July/017975.html
> >
> >
> > 4) rsync reports a code 23 when permissions for read only access do not match the owner running the sync job, irregardless of if all files are transferred.
>
> I found this right after I posted. Unless I find out differently I'm
> inclined to go with 2).
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> --
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