From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Sep 26 21:05:05 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6D78E219EC for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:05:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca", Issuer "CA_HLL_ISSUER_2016" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7659A765BF for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:05:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 593936225D for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 17:05:03 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at harte-lyne.ca Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id YT38rNX9n9of for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 17:05:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from webmail.harte-lyne.ca (inet04.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3251462290 for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 17:05:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 216.185.71.44 (SquirrelMail authenticated user byrnejb_hll) by webmail.harte-lyne.ca with HTTP; Tue, 26 Sep 2017 17:05:00 -0400 Message-ID: <674aa8d7c7c74263bb11c00e5ab41279.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 17:05:00 -0400 Subject: Rsync woes From: "James B. Byrne" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22-5.el6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:05:05 -0000 When transferring files via rsync I am receiving many, many errors of the following form: rsync: chown "/media/usbkey/vhost04/byrnejb_hll/Documents/HLL/Forwarding/DGR_Shipments/HLL_TDG_Air_2014_Blue_Form.ott" failed: Invalid argument (22) The rsync command used is: rsync -acsvxHAX --append-verify --exclude '\.*' --exclude 'tmp' --exclude 'javahotpot' --exclude 'lost+found' --progress /home/byrnejb_hll /media/usbkey/vhost04 What is causing the errors? I am also encountering another problem with the same transfer in that rsync apparently just stops transferring and I must use C to exit the program and restart it to continue the transfer. What causes this? -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3