Re: Invalid argument (22) and rsync

>     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
>>     <http://howden.net.au/thowden/2011/02/rsync-windows-failed-invalid-argument-22/>.
>>     (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 <http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/12250> and Linux
>>     Questions Forum
>>     <http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/rsync-chown-errors-to-fat32-usb-drive-781736/> for
>>     the solution.

>>     But I'm going from Linux to a USB drive.
>>     -- 
>>     :-)~MIKE~(-:

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