https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2933
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-07-31 17:01 ------- added a fuller test case... note freebsd link(2) currently doesn't hardlink symlinks or directories. there's also something called whiteout. all conceivably link(2)able but moot at the moment. so this would apply to all other types excluding regular files. ls -liT srcdir 240854 lrwxrwx--- 1 root wheel 1 Jul 31 05:07:23 2005 a -> b 240848 -rw-r----- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 31 05:07:23 2005 b 240860 prw-rw---- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 31 19:06:16 2005 fifo0 242281 prw-rw---- 2 root wheel 0 Jul 31 19:04:09 2005 fifohard1 242281 prw-rw---- 2 root wheel 0 Jul 31 19:04:09 2005 fifohard2 240853 -rw-rw---- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 31 19:06:16 2005 file0 240852 -rw-rw---- 2 root wheel 0 Jul 31 00:58:38 2005 filehard1 240852 -rw-rw---- 2 root wheel 0 Jul 31 00:58:38 2005 filehard2 242266 crw-rw---- 1 root wheel 2, 2 Jul 31 19:06:16 2005 null0 242484 crw-rw---- 2 root wheel 2, 2 Jul 31 19:05:55 2005 nullhard1 242484 crw-rw---- 2 root wheel 2, 2 Jul 31 19:05:55 2005 nullhard2 240846 srwxrwx--- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 31 19:06:16 2005 socket0 242485 srwxrwx--- 2 root wheel 0 Jul 31 19:02:04 2005 sockethard1 242485 srwxrwx--- 2 root wheel 0 Jul 31 19:02:04 2005 sockethard2 ls -liT dstdir 242500 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root wheel 1 Jul 31 19:24:38 2005 a -> b 242518 -rw-r----- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 31 05:07:23 2005 b 242504 prw-rw---- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 31 19:06:16 2005 fifo0 242507 prw-rw---- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 31 19:04:09 2005 fifohard1 242511 prw-rw---- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 31 19:04:09 2005 fifohard2 242519 -rw-rw---- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 31 19:06:16 2005 file0 242520 -rw-rw---- 2 root wheel 0 Jul 31 00:58:38 2005 filehard1 242520 -rw-rw---- 2 root wheel 0 Jul 31 00:58:38 2005 filehard2 242512 crw-rw---- 1 root wheel 2, 2 Jul 31 19:06:16 2005 null0 242513 crw-rw---- 1 root wheel 2, 2 Jul 31 19:05:55 2005 nullhard1 242514 crw-rw---- 1 root wheel 2, 2 Jul 31 19:05:55 2005 nullhard2 242515 srwxrwx--- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 31 19:06:16 2005 socket0 242516 srwxrwx--- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 31 19:02:04 2005 sockethard1 242517 srwxrwx--- 1 root wheel 0 Jul 31 19:02:04 2005 sockethard2 i also vaguely recall that user/group/perm/mtime updates to non-regular files [hardlinked and/or not?] may be recreating them on new inodes as opposed to just updating those bits. will confirm this behavior later. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.samba.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html