I invoke rsync on Debian-5.0.3: 2009-12-15 23:03:30 dpchrist@a64x2deb ~ $ /usr/bin/rsync -prtv -v -v -v --stats --progress --delete --backup --backup-dir='/mnt/q/backup-old/holgerdanske.com/p43400e/cygdrive/c/documents_and_settings/' --delete-excluded --exclude-from='/usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/Dpchrist/Tigerbackup/winxp_Documents-and-Settings.exclude' 'Administrator@p43400e.holgerdanske.com:/cygdrive/c/documents_and_settings/' '/mnt/q/backup/holgerdanske.com/p43400e/cygdrive/c/documents_and_settings/' It consistantly hangs at the same point: recv_generator(dpchrist/My Documents/gpl/gpltag,17033) dpchrist/My Documents/gpl/gpltag is uptodate recv_generator(dpchrist/My Documents/gpl/CVS,17034) [generator] receiving flist for dir 3332 recv_file_name(dpchrist/My Documents/gpl/CVS/Entries) recv_file_name(dpchrist/My Documents/gpl/CVS/Repository) recv_file_name(dpchrist/My Documents/gpl/CVS/Root) received 3 names [generator] flist start=17036, used=3, low=0, high=2 [generator] i=17036 5 dpchrist/My Documents/gpl/CVS/Entries mode=0100644 len=85 flags=0 [generator] i=17037 5 dpchrist/My Documents/gpl/CVS/Repository mode=0100644 len=4 flags=0 [generator] i=17038 5 dpchrist/My Documents/gpl/CVS/Root mode=0100644 len=44 flags=0 recv_file_list done recv_generator(dpchrist/My Documents/gpl/CVS,17035) delete_in_dir(dpchrist/My Documents/gpl/CVS) recv_generator(dpchrist/My Documents/gpl/CVS/Entries,17036) dpchrist/My Documents/gpl/CVS/Entries is uptodate recv_generator(dpchrist/My Documents/gpl/CVS/Repository,17037) dpchrist/My Documents/gpl/CVS/Repository is uptodate recv_generator(dpchrist/My Documents/gpl/CVS/Root,17038) dpchrist/My Documents/gpl/CVS/Root is uptodate When I press Ctrl+C: ^C_exit_cleanup(code=20, file=rsync.c, line=541): entered rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at rsync.c(541) [receiver=3.0.3] _exit_cleanup(code=20, file=rsync.c, line=541): about to call exit(20) _exit_cleanup(code=20, file=rsync.c, line=541): entered rsync error: unexplained error (code 130) at rsync.c(541) [generator=3.0.3] _exit_cleanup(code=20, file=rsync.c, line=541): about to call exit(130) These are the directories around the problem on the sending end: 2009-12-15 23:07:46 Administrator@p43400e ~ $ ll -d /cygdrive/c/documents_and_settings/dpchrist/My\ Documents/[gh]* drwx------+ 3 dpchrist None 0 Nov 27 14:29 /cygdrive/c/documents_and_settings/dpchrist/My Documents/gegl-0.0/ drwxr-xr-x+ 3 dpchrist None 0 Oct 13 11:00 /cygdrive/c/documents_and_settings/dpchrist/My Documents/gpl/ drwxr-xr-x+ 4 dpchrist None 0 Dec 7 18:58 /cygdrive/c/documents_and_settings/dpchrist/My Documents/home/ 2009-12-15 23:08:13 Administrator@p43400e ~ $ ll /cygdrive/c/documents_and_settings/dpchrist/My\ Documents/gpl/ total 24 drwxr-xr-x+ 3 dpchrist None 0 Oct 13 11:00 ./ drwx------+ 51 dpchrist None 0 Dec 15 20:56 ../ drwxr-xr-x+ 2 dpchrist None 0 Oct 13 11:00 CVS/ -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist None 18353 Jul 25 2002 LICENSE -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist None 1895 Sep 10 22:14 gpltag 2009-12-15 23:09:02 Administrator@p43400e ~ $ ll /cygdrive/c/documents_and_settings/dpchrist/My\ Documents/gpl/CVS/ total 3 drwxr-xr-x+ 2 dpchrist None 0 Oct 13 11:00 ./ drwxr-xr-x+ 3 dpchrist None 0 Oct 13 11:00 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist None 85 Oct 13 11:00 Entries -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist None 4 Oct 13 11:00 Repository -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist None 44 Oct 13 11:00 Root 2009-12-15 23:09:12 Administrator@p43400e ~ $ ll /cygdrive/c/documents_and_settings/dpchrist/My\ Documents/home total 22 drwxr-xr-x+ 4 dpchrist None 0 Dec 7 18:58 ./ drwx------+ 51 dpchrist None 0 Dec 15 20:56 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist None 2136 Nov 11 22:44 .bash_profile -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist None 508 Nov 11 22:44 .bashrc -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist None 32 May 24 2007 .cvsignore -rwxr-xr-x 1 dpchrist None 368 Oct 29 2008 .signature-dc2008.txt* -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist None 205 May 15 2009 .signature-pe.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 dpchrist None 112 May 15 2009 .signature.txt* -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist None 301 May 12 2009 .vimrc drwxr-xr-x+ 2 dpchrist None 0 Nov 11 22:44 CVS/ -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist None 668 Dec 14 2008 Makefile -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist None 1371 Dec 7 18:58 home-unix.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist None 1371 Dec 7 18:58 home-win32.tar.gz drwxr-xr-x+ 2 dpchrist None 0 Dec 7 18:58 home.tmp/ These are the directories around the problem on the receiving end: $ ll -d /mnt/q/backup/holgerdanske.com/p43400e/cygdrive/c/documents_and_settings/dpchrist/My\ Documents/[gh]* drwx------ 3 dpchrist dpchrist 4096 Nov 27 14:29 /mnt/q/backup/holgerdanske.com/p43400e/cygdrive/c/documents_and_settings/dpchrist/My Documents/gegl-0.0/ drwxr-xr-x 3 dpchrist dpchrist 4096 Oct 13 11:00 /mnt/q/backup/holgerdanske.com/p43400e/cygdrive/c/documents_and_settings/dpchrist/My Documents/gpl/ drwxr-xr-x 4 dpchrist dpchrist 4096 Dec 7 18:58 /mnt/q/backup/holgerdanske.com/p43400e/cygdrive/c/documents_and_settings/dpchrist/My Documents/home/ 2009-12-15 23:07:16 dpchrist@a64x2deb ~ $ ll /mnt/q/backup/holgerdanske.com/p43400e/cygdrive/c/documents_and_settings/dpchrist/My\ Documents/gpl/ total 36 drwxr-xr-x 3 dpchrist dpchrist 4096 Oct 13 11:00 ./ drwx------ 50 dpchrist dpchrist 4096 Dec 15 20:56 ../ drwxr-xr-x 2 dpchrist dpchrist 4096 Oct 13 11:00 CVS/ -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist dpchrist 18353 Jul 25 2002 LICENSE -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist dpchrist 1895 Sep 10 22:14 gpltag 2009-12-15 23:07:22 dpchrist@a64x2deb ~ $ ll /mnt/q/backup/holgerdanske.com/p43400e/cygdrive/c/documents_and_settings/dpchrist/My\ Documents/gpl/CVS total 20 drwxr-xr-x 2 dpchrist dpchrist 4096 Oct 13 11:00 ./ drwxr-xr-x 3 dpchrist dpchrist 4096 Oct 13 11:00 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist dpchrist 85 Oct 13 11:00 Entries -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist dpchrist 4 Oct 13 11:00 Repository -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist dpchrist 44 Oct 13 11:00 Root 2009-12-15 23:09:58 dpchrist@a64x2deb ~ $ ll /mnt/q/backup/holgerdanske.com/p43400e/cygdrive/c/documents_and_settings/dpchrist/My\ Documents/home total 56 drwxr-xr-x 4 dpchrist dpchrist 4096 Dec 7 18:58 ./ drwx------ 50 dpchrist dpchrist 4096 Dec 15 20:56 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist dpchrist 2136 Nov 11 22:44 .bash_profile -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist dpchrist 508 Nov 11 22:44 .bashrc -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist dpchrist 32 May 24 2007 .cvsignore -rwxr-xr-x 1 dpchrist dpchrist 368 Oct 29 2008 .signature-dc2008.txt* -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist dpchrist 205 May 15 2009 .signature-pe.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 dpchrist dpchrist 112 May 15 2009 .signature.txt* -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist dpchrist 301 May 12 2009 .vimrc drwxr-xr-x 2 dpchrist dpchrist 4096 Nov 11 22:44 CVS/ -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist dpchrist 668 Dec 14 2008 Makefile -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist dpchrist 1371 Dec 7 18:58 home-unix.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 dpchrist dpchrist 1371 Dec 7 18:58 home-win32.tar.gz drwxr-xr-x 2 dpchrist dpchrist 4096 Dec 7 18:58 home.tmp/