Rsync: How to ignore 'file has vanished'

• When performing an Rsync, you may encounter the error "file has vanished".
• It means that the file disappeared during the transfer.
• You can ignore it, but it keeps showing up as an error.
• This section explains how to ignore it.

There are two ways to do this.

Version Upgrade ( > 3.2.4)

• https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.2.4
• Transformed the atomic-rsync script into a python script and added the ability to ignore one or more non-zero exit codes. By default, it now ignores code 24, the file-vanished exit code. (See the support dir.)

Rsync Rwrapper

• https://rsync.samba.org/FAQ.html

ignore "vanished files" warning
Some folks would like to ignore the "vanished files" warning, which manifests as an exit-code 24. The easiest way to do this is to create a shell script wrapper. For instance, name this something like "rsync-no24":

 

#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/rsync "$@"
e=$?
if test $e = 24; then
    exit 0
fi
exit $e