rsync skipping file deletion

[joneall]

I do not know when it started, but when I do my rsync backups to an external USB drive, I now get the message

IO error encountered -- skipping file deletion

The dumb program does not even have the decency to tell me what files it wants to delete!

The script is:

#
rsync --delete -av \
--exclude "lost+found" \
--exclude ".gvfs" \
--exclude ".Trash-1000" \
--exclude ".mozilla/firefox/*.default/Cache"\
--exclude ".kde/share/apps/amarok/albumcovers/cache"\
--exclude ".local/share/Trash" \
--exclude .xnview/cache/ \
--exclude .thumbnails/ \
--exclude travel_pix/ \
--exclude mp3/ \
--exclude tmp/ \
--exclude tmp_pix/ \
--exclude .mozilla-thunderbird/ \
--exclude .mozilla/ \
--exclude .adobe/ \
--exclude .macromedia/ \
--exclude *.ERR \
/home/jon /media/jon_bak_3/home_jon \
2>bak_homejonsansmoz3.ERR

(It's not really a script, as it is not executable. I run it with . script-name.)

I checked dmesg afterwards, which told me

[ 5258.879165] EXT3-fs warning: maximal mount count reached, running e2fsck is recommended

so I ran es2fsck, which told me (almost instantly) that the file system is clean. (Yes, I unmounted it first.)


Such problems have been discussed on the Ubuntu forum, but seemed to revolve around a directory called .gvfs. I have deleted this and the problem persists.

Anyone have any ideas? I do not like to have any problems at all when I am doing backups, especially unexplained ones.

Thanks in advance.

[Snowhog]

Re: rsync skipping file deletion

Not an answer to your direct question, but an observation on your deleting of the .gvfs directory in your users home directory.

gvfs

Description: userspace virtual filesystem - server
gvfs is a userspace virtual filesystem where mount runs as a separate
processes which you talk to via D-Bus. It also contains a gio module
that seamlessly adds gvfs support to all applications using the gio
API. It also supports exposing the gvfs mounts to non-gio applications
using fuse.
.
This package contains the gvfs server that provides gvfs mounts to all
gio applications, and the minimal set of backends.

You will find that this application is installed on your system (sudo apt-get install --simulate gvfs).

Added:
Dated, but this might shed some light on your issue and lead you in the right direction for a solution:
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS: Re: /home/<user>/.gvfs causing problems for rsync