destination may end up with extra hard links include the following:
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- it() If the destination contains extraneous hard-linked files, rsync will not
+ it() If the destination contains extraneous hard-links (more linking than
+ what is present in the source file list), the copying algorithm will not
break them explicitly. However, if one or more of the paths have content
differences, the normal file-update process will break those extra links
(unless you are using the bf(--inplace) option).
up less space on the destination. Conflicts with bf(--inplace) because it's
not possible to overwrite data in a sparse fashion.
-NOTE: Don't use this option when the destination is a Solaris "tmpfs"
-filesystem. It seems to have problems seeking over null regions,
-and ends up corrupting the files.
-
dit(bf(-n, --dry-run)) This makes rsync perform a trial run that doesn't
make any changes (and produces mostly the same output as a real run). It
is most commonly used in combination with the bf(-v, --verbose) and/or