X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/c55fb5e1d639d72a16604c6e0153e19d04ef0d78..82b2a31a46d7c94f951b96f61c9935198f0f53f1:/hlink.c

diff --git a/hlink.c b/hlink.c
index 291c5cea..dc969e9a 100644
--- a/hlink.c
+++ b/hlink.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ extern int do_xfers;
 extern int link_dest;
 extern int preserve_acls;
 extern int preserve_xattrs;
-extern int make_backups;
 extern int protocol_version;
 extern int remove_source_files;
 extern int stdout_format_has_i;
@@ -377,9 +376,13 @@ int hard_link_check(struct file_struct *file, int ndx, char *fname,
 	}
 
 	if (link_stat(prev_name, &prev_st, 0) < 0) {
-		rsyserr(FERROR_XFER, errno, "stat %s failed",
-			full_fname(prev_name));
-		return -1;
+		if (!dry_run || errno != ENOENT) {
+			rsyserr(FERROR_XFER, errno, "stat %s failed", full_fname(prev_name));
+			return -1;
+		}
+		/* A new hard-link will get a new dev & inode, so approximate
+		 * those values in dry-run mode by zeroing them. */
+		memset(&prev_st, 0, sizeof prev_st);
 	}
 
 	if (statret < 0 && basis_dir[0] != NULL) {