Description of Problem: rsync does not understand '[]' Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.4.6-5 How Reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: $ rsync 'beta.redhat.com::beta/enigma/iso/enigma-i386-disc[12].iso' Password:<enter password> Actual Results: ERROR: module is read only unexpected EOF in read_timeout Expected Results: -rw-r--r-- 677961728 2001/09/24 13:27:57 enigma-i386-disc1.iso -rw-r--r-- 669429760 2001/09/24 13:43:48 enigma-i386-disc2.iso Additional Information: If rsync 2.5.6-5 is built without patches, this particular functionality works OK. I did not investigate which patch causes the problem.
Probably the patch for 51801....
I tried on original 2.4.6: $ touch a $ mkdir destination $ rsync '[a]' destination link_stat [a] : No such file or directory However with redhat rsync server $ rsync 'user@server::section/[a]' . works as expected. patches from RH 7.2 reverse the problem, not eliminate it.
when parsing an ipv6 address, it's usually enclosed in []'s, like [3ffe:ffff::1]/64. If the ipv6 support changed the cndline parser in this aspect, it might have broken something.
Is this only a problem talking to rsync servers?
This seems to work for me with 2.5.0 (http://people.redhat.com/notting/rsync/) - please reopen if it fails for you.