Rsync a directory via a linked name.

Kevin Korb
Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:09:59 -0000

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Always have either --times or --archives.  Otherwise rsync will have
no idea what needs updating when you run it again.

On 04/16/2015 08:07 PM, Hongyi Zhao wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:21:03 -0400, Kevin Korb wrote:
>
>> Just go 1 deeper for your source: rsync -l
>> ftp.cn.debian.org::debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-amd64/current/
>
>>
> Yes, I've tried this before.  But I also use the `--delete
> --delete- excluded' with the above options.  And finally I found
> that the  current will not be retrieved, in fact it will be deleted
> at the end.
>
> Then I noted the following args of rsync:
>
> -L, --copy-links            transform symlink into referent
> file/dir -K, --keep-dirlinks         treat symlinked dir on
> receiver as dir
>
> So I finally use the command like this and it does the trick:
>
> rsync -rlKLPv --delete --delete-excluded \
> ftp.cn.debian.org::debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-amd64/current/
>
>  But, even though, I cann't figure out whether the method used by
> me is the most appropriate method or not for this case.
>
> Regards
>

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