rsync error: exit code 23 ( No such file or directory (2) )

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Rsync reports error for one file (other files were copied just fine):

rsync: stat "//serverName/destination/.lpt$vpn.251.yiOK8j" failed: No such file or directory (2)

rsync: rename "//serverName/destination/.lpt$vpn.251.yiOK8j" -> ".lpt$vpn.251": No such file or directory (2)

File ".lpt$vpn.251.yiOK8j" does exist in "//serverName/destination/"

Rsync parameters:

rsync.exe -rltDvP -W --delete --progress "/cygdrive/C/source/Downloads/Unpacked/" "//serverName/destination" --exclude "OK.marker" --modify-window=2'

Seems like a dollar sign or double dot in file name causing that, so my question is how to guarantee rsync could copy any windows file no matter what its name is?

Cygwin version is 1.7.9

Rsync version is 3.0.9

wbg · Answer

Dollar signs are a way that bash outputs a parameter (variable)  value.

The dot just hides the file from a normal ls.

Is the file really there ? $vpn could mean anything. Escaping the $ is not typical, so I'm wondering why someone would make a file with that name, or if that string has variables in it.

This is a question for someone with more bash experience than me, but I thought I'd throw my 2 cents in.

rsync error: exit code 23 ( No such file or directory (2) )

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