rsync fails with error "write failed on <filename>: No space left on device (28)"

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Issue

  • When running rsync, the operation fails with the following error:

    rsync: [receiver] write failed on "<filename>": No space left on device (28)
rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at receiver.c(378) [receiver=3.2.3]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (All Versions)

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