rsync - Sep 2011 - [Bug 8502] New: problem to make snapshot with --link-dest without copy of the files

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8502

           Summary: problem to make snapshot with --link-dest without copy
                    of the files
           Product: rsync
           Version: 3.0.9
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned at samba.org
        ReportedBy: dieter.ferdinand at gmx.de
         QAContact: rsync-qa at samba.org


hello,
i have tried to make a snapshot with the following command-line:
rsync -lHrtDpvP --link-dest=daten/ daten/ snap1/

but some files are copied instad of making hardlinks to the files and i
don't
know why!

the link-dest-dir is the same as the source dir, so it gives no difference
between the source file and the link-dest-file!

why does rsync then copy some files and don't make hardlinks to it ???

goodby

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https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8502

Wayne Davison <wayned at samba.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID

--- Comment #1 from Wayne Davison <wayned at samba.org> 2011-09-29
15:43:36 UTC ---
The link-dest dir in your command is NOT the same as the source dir, it is a
subdir of the destination dir (which presumably doesn't exist).  You
probably
meant to use --link-dest=../daten (or an absolute path to the source dir).

See the man page for how the link-dest dir is relative to the destination path
unless absolute.

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