wayne, ok i wish it worked the way you say it did. maybe im stupid and im missing something, this is what i did:
(using rsync 2.5.7) mkdir d1 touch d1/a.txt touch d1/a.txt mkdir d2 rsync -va d1/ d2 (both files are copied over as expected) echo "hello" > d1/a.txt mkdir d3 (now im going to sync d1 to d3, with d2 as compare dest, theoratically, as you say it should, only "a.txt" should be copied to d3, since its the only one that changed compared to d2, RIGHT?) rsync -va --compare-dest=d2 d1/ d3 (it copied both files! why?) echo "test123" >> d3/b.txt cat d1/b.txt (AND its not a link!, it was copied) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Davison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <rsync@lists.samba.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 6:18 PM Subject: Re: no true incrementals with rsync? > On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 09:02:49AM -0700, tim h wrote: > > I tried compare-dest... does it automatically hardlink, or does > > link-dest hardlink or both? > > Just --link-dest uses hard-links. Using --compare-dest just omits > matching files from the destination that are up-to-date in the > compare-dest hierarchy. > > ..wayne.. > -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
