Hello Wayne! Any plans to implement the feature in rsync 3.0 to copy the link and the linked item to make backups perfect? Thnx. Ciao, Gerhard -- http://www.wiesinger.com/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 18:39:19 +0100 (CET) From: Gerhard Wiesinger <lists@wiesinger.com> To: Wayne Davison <wayned@samba.org> Cc: rsync@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: rsync and symbolic links On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, Wayne Davison wrote: So turns out that I want a "feature request" which copies the link itself (file or directory) and the linked file/directory itself. So then I have a "perfect" backup (the link is not valid when it is absolute but it works well on restore). Currently I only have the symbolic link of the file/directory but not the contents itself (which is useless on restore because I don't have the data). When the feature with copying the link itself and the contents would be implemented I have a "perfect" copy. When I copy the files backup on disaster recovery the links work well again. (after replacing the OS). Do you plan to implement this feature request? Thank you for the answer. Ciao, Gerhard