rsync transfer failed: File name too long (36)
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: rsync
Trying to rsync my encrypted home folder to another ubuntu machine (with exactly the same release and package version of rsync). Most transfers succeed, but occasionally I see:
rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/mnt/backupuui
*** Skipping any contents from this failed directory ***
~ $ lsb_release -rd ; apt-cache policy rsync
Description: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Release: 10.04
rsync:
Installed: 3.0.7-1ubuntu1
Candidate: 3.0.7-1ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 3.0.7-1ubuntu1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
What's the filesystem you are backing up to?
It's got to be said that is a very long filename - but it doesn't seem to be greater than
any limits I can find; most seem to be 255 for the length of any name in a filesystem, and at least 1024 for the whole length.
Dave