rsync Exit Codes

Exit codes returned by rsync to indicate the outcome of a file transfer operation.

20 codes

• 0 Success
• 1 Syntax or usage error
• 2 Protocol incompatibility
• 3 Errors selecting input/output files or directories
• 4 Requested action not supported
• 5 Error starting client-server protocol
• 6 Daemon unable to append to log file
• 10 Error in socket I/O
• 11 Error in file I/O
• 12 Error in rsync protocol data stream
• 13 Errors with program diagnostics
• 14 Error in IPC code
• 20 Received SIGUSR1 or SIGINT
• 21 Some error returned by waitpid()
• 22 Error allocating core memory buffers
• 23 Partial transfer due to error
• 24 Partial transfer due to vanished source files
• 25 The --max-delete limit stopped deletions
• 30 Timeout in data send/receive
• 35 Timeout waiting for daemon connection