Dear all,

I tried to use rsync -R to backup a directory together with its path. however it didn't work. the following is what happened.


]# rsync -a -e -R ssh root@xxx.xx.x.xxx:/etc/squid /backup
link_stat "/root/root@xxx.xx.x.xxx:/etc/squid" failed: No such file or directoryrsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(633)

If I remove the -R it becomes ok, but I need to try the -R so that I can backup the whole directory path isntead of just the directory at the end of the path.

anyone who knows, please help me.
Thanks a lot for taking note of my question!

Your distribution implies you paid for support, you should use it if you did.

You might try adding a / at the end of the command line.

Hi MrGenius,

Actually I changed to fc2 now...forgot to update my info..sorry...

After adding the / to the end, it still gave me the same error. not sure why....

is there a chance the file doesn't exist?

Hi MrGenius,

very sure that is exist. I tried on other files too, gave me the same output.
thanks for your reply