Updated to current cvs without the --exclude-from - patch.
This patch allows specifying a --link-dest path similar to
--compare-dest except that unchanged files are hard-linked to the
--link-dest path instead of producing a sparse tree.
--
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Index: generator.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/rsync/generator.c,v
retrieving revision 1.44
diff -u -r1.44 generator.c
--- generator.c 31 Jul 2002 21:20:07 -0000 1.44
+++ generator.c 3 Aug 2002 00:08:47 -0000
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
extern int always_checksum;
extern int modify_window;
extern char *compare_dest;
+extern int link_dest;
/* choose whether to skip a particular file */
@@ -50,6 +51,15 @@
if (st->st_size != file->length) {
return 0;
}
+ if (link_dest) {
+ if((st->st_mode & ~_S_IFMT) != (file->mode & ~_S_IFMT)) {
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (st->st_uid != file->uid || st->st_gid != file->gid) {
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+
/* if always checksum is set then we use the checksum instead
of the file time to determine whether to sync */
@@ -356,6 +366,18 @@
statret = -1;
if (statret == -1)
errno = saveerrno;
+#if HAVE_LINK
+ else if (link_dest && !dry_run) {
+ if (do_link(fnamecmpbuf, fname) != 0) {
+ if (verbose > 0)
+ rprintf(FINFO,"link %s => %s : %s\n",
+ fnamecmpbuf,
+ fname,
+ strerror(errno));
+ }
+ fnamecmp = fnamecmpbuf;
+ }
+#endif
else
fnamecmp = fnamecmpbuf;
}
Index: options.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/rsync/options.c,v
retrieving revision 1.97
diff -u -r1.97 options.c
--- options.c 1 Aug 2002 17:55:11 -0000 1.97
+++ options.c 3 Aug 2002 00:08:47 -0000
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
char *rsync_path = RSYNC_PATH;
char *backup_dir = NULL;
int rsync_port = RSYNC_PORT;
+int link_dest = 0;
int verbose = 0;
int quiet = 0;
@@ -289,7 +290,7 @@
OPT_EXCLUDE_FROM, OPT_DELETE, OPT_DELETE_EXCLUDED, OPT_NUMERIC_IDS,
OPT_RSYNC_PATH, OPT_FORCE, OPT_TIMEOUT, OPT_DAEMON, OPT_CONFIG, OPT_PORT,
OPT_INCLUDE, OPT_INCLUDE_FROM, OPT_STATS, OPT_PARTIAL, OPT_PROGRESS,
- OPT_COPY_UNSAFE_LINKS, OPT_SAFE_LINKS, OPT_COMPARE_DEST,
+ OPT_COPY_UNSAFE_LINKS, OPT_SAFE_LINKS, OPT_COMPARE_DEST, OPT_LINK_DEST,
OPT_LOG_FORMAT, OPT_PASSWORD_FILE, OPT_SIZE_ONLY, OPT_ADDRESS,
OPT_DELETE_AFTER, OPT_EXISTING, OPT_MAX_DELETE, OPT_BACKUP_DIR,
OPT_IGNORE_ERRORS, OPT_BWLIMIT, OPT_BLOCKING_IO,
@@ -348,6 +349,7 @@
{"timeout", 0, POPT_ARG_INT, &io_timeout , 0, 0, 0 },
{"temp-dir", 'T', POPT_ARG_STRING, &tmpdir , 0, 0, 0 },
{"compare-dest", 0, POPT_ARG_STRING, &compare_dest , 0, 0, 0 },
+ {"link-dest", 0, POPT_ARG_STRING, 0, OPT_LINK_DEST, 0, 0 },
/* TODO: Should this take an optional int giving the compression level? */
{"compress", 'z', POPT_ARG_NONE, &do_compression , 0, 0, 0 },
{"daemon", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &am_daemon , 0, 0, 0 },
@@ -591,6 +593,19 @@
/* popt stores the filename in batch_prefix for us */
read_batch = 1;
break;
+ case OPT_LINK_DEST:
+#if HAVE_LINK
+ compare_dest = poptGetOptArg(pc);
+ link_dest = 1;
+ break;
+#else
+ snprintf(err_buf,sizeof(err_buf),
+ "hard links are not supported on this %s\n",
+ am_server ? "server" : "client");
+ rprintf(FERROR,"ERROR: hard links not supported on this
+platform\n");
+ return 0;
+#endif
+
default:
/* FIXME: If --daemon is specified, then errors for later
@@ -827,7 +842,7 @@
* and it may be an older version that doesn't know this
* option, so don't send it if client is the sender.
*/
- args[ac++] = "--compare-dest";
+ args[ac++] = link_dest ? "--link-dest" : "--compare-dest";
args[ac++] = compare_dest;
}
Index: rsync.yo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/rsync/rsync.yo,v
retrieving revision 1.105
diff -u -r1.105 rsync.yo
--- rsync.yo 1 Aug 2002 17:55:40 -0000 1.105
+++ rsync.yo 3 Aug 2002 00:08:49 -0000
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@
--modify-window=NUM Timestamp window (seconds) for file match (default=0)
-T --temp-dir=DIR create temporary files in directory DIR
--compare-dest=DIR also compare destination files relative to DIR
+ --link-dest=DIR create hardlinks to DIR for unchanged files
-P equivalent to --partial --progress
-z, --compress compress file data
--exclude=PATTERN exclude files matching PATTERN
@@ -681,6 +682,11 @@
--partial because partially transferred files will remain in the new
temporary destination until they have a chance to be completed. If DIR is
a relative path, it is relative to the destination directory.
+
+dit(bf(--link-dest=DIR)) This option behaves like \fB--compare-dest\fP but
+also will create hard links from \fIDIR\fP to the destination directory for
+unchanged files. Files with changed ownership or permissions will not be
+linked.
dit(bf(-z, --compress)) With this option, rsync compresses any data from
the files that it sends to the destination machine. This
