Re: Continued rsync failures

[Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>]

On 5/7/2021 12:43 PM, Brent Epp wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've reported this in the past, but I cannot reliably use rsync. This is a 
> *local* synchronization between two Windows directories.  It seems that after a 
> number of executions (a few dozen, maybe?), it just stops working and reports 
> errors:
> 
>     rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (185 bytes received so far) [generator]
>     rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(228) 
> [generator=3.2.4dev]
>     rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender]
>     rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(228) 
> [sender=3.2.4dev]
> 
> I have upgraded to the latest version of cygwin as of this morning and the 
> problem persists.  I have no software on the BLODA list and I have tried with 
> all security software disabled.
> 
> The only thing I can do is wait for a period of time (never timed it, but 10-20 
> minutes or so), which is immensely frustrating, as I am heavily dependent on it 
> for work.
> 
> How can get I this working once and for all?

Please run the failing rsync command under strace, like this:

   strace -o strace.out rsync....

Then post the output file strace.out somewhere where others can look at it.

Ken