rsync - Sep 2008 - Does "--link-dest" option supports link to remote backup server?

Hello everyone:

I keeps using rsync to backup my files on my laptop from one folder to
another, and to reduce disk usage, so I use "--link-dest" option for
incremental backup like this:

*rsync -a --link-dest=/local/old /tmp/myfile /local/new*

And "/local/old" is backuped some days ago, I use
"--link-dest" option to
keep unchanged files as links to new destination "/local/new", and it
works
so well.
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Today I have a remote rsync server, I suppose the "--link-dest" option
should also works in remote server, so I use rsync like this:

*rsync -a --link-dest=/remote/old /tmp/myfile user@192.168.0.10:
:backup/remote/new*

and "/remote/old" directory on 192.168.0.10 is backuped some days ago,
however, with command memtioned above, unchanged files in
"/remote/old" are
not changed(linked).

Also I tried to use:
*rsync -a --link-dest=**user@192.168.0.10::backup**/remote/old /tmp/myfile
user@192.168.0.10::backup/remote/new

*and change "/remote/old" absolute path to relative path like
"../old", but
unchanged files are still not been linked.

So, I want to know does the "--link-dest" option allow remote path
been
linked?

Thanks
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On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 15:39 +0800, Zhiming Zhou wrote:
> Today I have a remote rsync server, I suppose the "--link-dest"
option
> should also works in remote server, so I use rsync like this:
> 
> rsync -a --link-dest=/remote/old /tmp/myfile
> user@192.168.0.10::backup/remote/new
> 
> and "/remote/old" directory on 192.168.0.10 is backuped some days
> ago, 
> however, with command memtioned above, unchanged files in
> "/remote/old" are not changed(linked).
That command should work.  If you pass -i, the output will tell you
whether rsync isn't finding the files in /remote/old at all or whether a
preserved attribute differs.

Matt

On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 03:39:06PM +0800, Zhiming Zhou
wrote:
> rsync -a --link-dest=/remote/old /tmp/myfile
user@192.168.0.10::backup/remote/new
As long as remote/old is a path inside the backup module, and is on the
same filesystem as the remote/new path inside the backup module, it
should work fine.  If you're using at least 3.0.0, it will alert you if
you have specified a directory that does not exist.  If it's not
working, check the version of the destination rsync so we can see if
it is old enough to have a bug that might affect the linking.

..wayne..