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Mention some mount options that can interfere with --link-dest.
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Wayne Davison
<wayned@samba.org>
Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:25:18 +0000
(18:25 -0700)
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Wayne Davison
<wayned@samba.org>
Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:25:18 +0000
(18:25 -0700)
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An example:
quote(tt( rsync -av --link-dest=$PWD/prior_dir host:src_dir/ new_dir/))
quote(tt( rsync -av --link-dest=$PWD/prior_dir host:src_dir/ new_dir/))
+If file's aren't linking, double-check their attributes. Also check if some
+attributes are getting forced outside of rsync's control, such a mount option
+that squishes root to a single user, or mounts a removable drive with generic
+ownership (such as OS X's "Ignore ownership on this volume" option).
+
Beginning in version 2.6.4, multiple bf(--link-dest) directories may be
provided, which will cause rsync to search the list in the order specified
for an exact match.
Beginning in version 2.6.4, multiple bf(--link-dest) directories may be
provided, which will cause rsync to search the list in the order specified
for an exact match.