- io_error |= IOERR_GENERAL;
- rsyserr(FERROR_XFER, errno, "link_stat %s failed",
- full_fname(fbuf));
- continue;
+ if (errno != ENOENT || missing_args == 0) {
+ /* This is a transfer error, but inhibit deletion
+ * only if we might be omitting an existing file. */
+ if (errno != ENOENT)
+ io_error |= IOERR_GENERAL;
+ rsyserr(FERROR_XFER, errno, "link_stat %s failed",
+ full_fname(fbuf));
+ continue;
+ } else if (missing_args == 1) {
+ /* Just ignore the arg. */
+ continue;
+ } else /* (missing_args == 2) */ {
+ /* Send the arg as a "missing" entry with
+ * mode 0, which tells the generator to delete it. */
+ memset(&st, 0, sizeof st);
+ }