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rsync not copying files, no error shown

I have a server with two NAS drives attached.

In the back of each of these drives is plugged a USB drive. These USB drives are "mounted" as samba drive automatically by the NAS drive, as a directory on the NAS drive.

[USB1] -> [NAS1] -> [Fedora Server] <- [NAS2] <-[USB2]

I have these USB drives mounted in the linux server as..

/media/image_library
/media/image_library_mirror

All FAT32 drives.

I want to use rsync to mirror a directory on each of these discs.

so I use...

Code:

$ rsync -av /media/image_library/IMAGE-LIBRARY/ /media/image_library_mirror/IMAGE-LIBRARY/

However, rsync seems to do its thing, but does not seem to copy any files. It will only create empty directories where content should be created.

rsync lists each file as it copies them across, but no files appear on the mirror disk

Code:

find . -type f

shows that no file shave been created.
However, (and this maybe a clue) occasionally it will show a temporary file like this..

.waterfall.jpg.5iOUQZ

Which has disappeared if I run the command again!

At the end rsync gives me an error

Code:

rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(977) [sender=2.6.9]

Any ideas why rync isn't working?

the .XXX file is a temporary file created before replacing the actual file. This is done for consistency.
if this .XXX files are getting created then it means that rsync is trying to copy

1. why are you not asking rsync for a recursive copy. It does not do a recurse unless -r switch is given (so probably you are better off using -rav)
2. There could be problems with the device. Check if the device is still writeable (touch) when rsync exits. If the file (to which the sync is happening)
is not writeable, rsync creates just the .XXX file and exits.