rsync - Jul 2008 - DO NOT REPLY [Bug 5601] New: extend --keep-dirlinks to files also

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5601

           Summary: extend --keep-dirlinks to files also
           Product: rsync
           Version: 3.0.2
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P3
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned@samba.org
        ReportedBy: hendrik.maryns@uni-tuebingen.de
         QAContact: rsync-qa@samba.org


As described in the thread
news://news.gmane.org:119/g4sscf$ha0$1@ger.gmane.org, I’d like an option
similor to --keep-dirlinks for files also.
>From my original post there:
I just read the thread
http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2004-June/009678.html which describes how
--keep-dirlinks came to be.  My use case is similar, but I’d like a similar
option for files as well.

Setup: in my public_html I have some symlinks which I send over as files, with
-L (for various reasons: partly, because they are copies of current work which
is done elsewhere, or because several websites use the same files, such as SSI
footers).  However, I also want to check whether my colleague changed the files
on the server, so first I do an update.  However, this replaces the links with
the files themselves.

My current usage is:

# First look whether stuff changed on the other side (shouldn’t)
# rsync -rtKPuzb webserver:public_html/ /home/hendrik/public_html/Hendrik/
# Then put changes from here.
rsync -rtkKLPzC --delete --delete-excluded
--exclude-from=/home/hendrik/.website-exclude
/home/hendrik/public_html/Hendrik/ webserver:public_html

As you can see, I have the first line commented out, because it replaces
symlinks.  I’d like something similar to --keep-dirlinks which follows links
on the receiver and compares the files linked to with those sent.


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