rsync 2.6.9 --link-dest does - not hardlink special files (symlink, device nodes) This doesn't take much space, but it clutters the logfiles - change owner/groupship on the hardlink So if I use a hard-linked-tree-per-day, it changes history also Is this still the same with newer versions? Are there options to modify this behavior? If not, why not? :-) louis -- GMX FreeMail: 1 GB Postfach, 5 E-Mail-Adressen, 10 Free SMS. Alle Infos und kostenlose Anmeldung: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freemail
Matt McCutchen
2008-Jan-24 05:45 UTC
--link-dest vs. special files and owner/group changes
On Sun, 2008-01-20 at 17:03 +0100, "J?rgen Fluk" wrote:> rsync 2.6.9 --link-dest does > > - not hardlink special files (symlink, device nodes) > This doesn't take much space, but it clutters the logfiles > > - change owner/groupship on the hardlink > So if I use a hard-linked-tree-per-day, it changes history alsoThose behaviors are not the intended ones for rsync 2.6.9. It is supposed to hardlink symlinks and devices (assuming the filesystem supports it and the configure-time test succeeded), and it is never supposed to mutate --link-dest basis files. Please provide your rsync command line and some information about your machine so I can try to figure out why rsync is working incorrectly for you. Matt