Re: openrsync errors using -x or --exclude

Maxim wrote on 02.06.2026 21:57:
> I am using rsync to back up files from a Linux box to an OpenBSD box,
> i.e. from Samba rsync to openrsync. I run it so:
> 
>      linux$ rsync --rsync-path=openrsync -a -v $HOME/ openbsd-host:/path

Pleaes post the actual command line that throws that errors.

The following works for me (Fedora 41 -> OpenBSD 7.9):

fedora$ rsync --rsync-path=openrsync -a -v -x --exclude=/.cache/ $HOME/ 
obsd79-2:/tmp/sync

> Options -x/--one-file-system and --exclude give me errors on the
> receiver end.
> 
> -x:
>      openrsync: error: .: stat: No such file or directory
>      rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender]
>      rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(232) [sender=3.4.1]
> 
> --exclude=/.cache/:
>      openrsync: syntax error in received rules
>      rsync: [sender] write error: Broken pipe (32)
>      rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at io.c(849) [sender=3.4.1]
> 
> Is it a known problem? Workaround-able?
> 
> (I might have to install Samba rsync from the ports, but I'd like to use
> openrsync from base if possible.)
> 
> Versions:
> -   Linux Samba rsync v3.4.1 protocol v32
> -   OpenBSD-current openrsync v0.1 protocol v27
>