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Hi, I want to use rsync to make daily backups using hard-links in this way: rsync -av --delete --link-dest=../backup_old ./source/. ./backup_new This works great, but the problem is, that rsync does not show correctly what action it performs (-v option). It shows correctly all new and changed files/folders, but it does not show files that were deleted. This works only if I do not use the -link-dest option. Here is...

...: rsync-qa at samba.org We use virtualization, each server makes it's backup to a central backup server. That backup server rsyncs every day the diffs to another site. Many of the servers make a "backup.tar.bz2", and keep the older version as "backup.tar.bz2.old" or "backup_old.tar.bz2". These files tend to be large, so it would be nice not to sync them, just rename them on the receiver site. rsync currently transfers the "*old*" version despite it exists already on the receiver, it's just still named "backup.tar.bz2" and would need to be ren...