Adrian  wrote:
> Following another failure overnight, I've tried strace.
>
> execve("/usr/bin/rsync", ["rsync", "-av", "--delete", "--exclude=/run",
> "--exclude=/tmp", "--exclude=/proc", "--exclude=/dev", "--exclude=/sys",
> "--exclude=/var/swap", "--exclude=/var/backups", "--exclude=/var/cache",
> "--exclude=/media", "/", ":"...], [/* 35 vars */]) =
> 0
> ...
> 

I didn't read that :) but my guess would certainly be that it has nothing
to do with rsync and everything with a lost connection/route. Maybe a flaky
ethernet cable or jack? It could happen. Try & set up a ping log from both
to both and to the router.

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