Everyone: apologies for hitting the list twice; when my first message did not go through I thought I'd used the wrong From: address.
J.W.: Thanks very much, this clears it up nicely: > --link-dest is built on --compare-dest and behaves like > --compare-dest as indicated in the manpage. > > Observe the description of --compare-dest (ALLCAPS added for > emphasis): > This option instructs rsync to use DIR on the des > tination machine as an additional directory to com > pare destination files against when doing transfers > IF THE FILES ARE MISSING IN THE DESTINATION DIREC > TORY. > > In other words, the files in the --link-dest location will > only be used if there is no existing file in the > destination. The best way to use --link-dest is to have an > empty destination. > > For a link-dest based rotating backup that reuses directory > names the best bet is to do a "rm -r $dest; mkdir $dest" or > to "rsync -a --link-dest=../backup.1 $source temp; mv temp > backup.0" I'll make a note on the snapshot page and respond to the person who forwarded it to me. Mike -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
