Error: rsync: make_bak_dir mkdir "/backup/automatic/older/2013-08-01/var/lib" failed: File exists (17) rsync: keep_backup failed: "/backup/automatic/latest/var/lib/apt/extended_states" -> "/backup/automatic/older/2013-08-01/var/lib/apt/extended_states": No such file or directory (2) =====> unterverzeichnis "apt" wurde nicht erstellt, daher geht der backup vorgang nicht. rsync: stat "/backup/automatic/older/2013-08-01/var/lib/apt/extended_states" failed: No such file or directory (2) rsync: make_bak_dir mkdir "/backup/automatic/older/2013-08-01/var/spool/postfix" failed: File exists (17) =====> unterverzeichnis "defer/D" wurde nicht erstellt, daher geht der backup vorgang nicht. rsync: keep_backup failed: "/backup/automatic/latest/var/spool/postfix/defer/D/DCFE916CE105" -> "/backup/automatic/older/2013-08-01/var/spool/postfix/defer/D/DCFE916CE105": No such file or$ rsync: stat "/backup/automatic/older/2013-08-01/var/spool/postfix/defer/D/DCFE916CE105" failed: No such file or directory (2) backup.c was fixed using this patch: https://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2010-March/024805.html After 5 years, this bug has still not been fixed... backup.c was completely re-written in 3.1.0 . We need to check if the EEXIST bug was fixed as a side effect.