From: Wayne Davison <wayned@samba.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:24:25 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Mention some mount options that can interfere with --link-dest.
X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/commitdiff_plain/302e4346c22a9507f0b13ffff371a5be240d5245

Mention some mount options that can interfere with --link-dest.
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diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo
index a4ec42fb..9a2f0f01 100644
--- a/rsync.yo
+++ b/rsync.yo
@@ -1529,6 +1529,11 @@ An example:
 
 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.