I have discovered a few oddities with --relative in the latest development rsync (from git, yay!):
#1. Junk in the middle of a source argument leads to duplicate entries in the file list: $ mkdir src src/D $ rsync-dev -ni -rR ././src/.//.//.//.//.//.//.//./D/ dest/ cd+++++++++ src/ cd+++++++++ src/./ cd+++++++++ src/ cd+++++++++ src/./ cd+++++++++ src/ cd+++++++++ src/./ cd+++++++++ src/ cd+++++++++ src/./ cd+++++++++ src/ cd+++++++++ src/./ cd+++++++++ src/ cd+++++++++ src/./ cd+++++++++ src/ cd+++++++++ src/./ cd+++++++++ src/ cd+++++++++ src/./ cd+++++++++ src/D/ Without incremental recursion, the problem is less severe: $ rsync-dev -ni -rR --no-i-r ././src/.//.//.//.//.//.//.//./D/ dest/ cd+++++++++ src/./ cd+++++++++ src/ cd+++++++++ src/D/ Rsync 2.6.9 gets this right: $ rsync-2.6.9 -ni -rR ././src/.//.//.//.//.//.//.//./D/ dest/ cd+++++++ src/ cd+++++++ src/D/ #2. Rsync seems to have trouble accessing a source argument that begins with ./.// : $ ls -ld ././/src/ drwx------+ 3 matt matt 72 2007-10-30 19:32 ././/src/ $ rsync-dev -ni -rR ././/src/ dest/ rsync: link_stat "/src" failed: No such file or directory (2) rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(1053) [sender=3.0.0pre4] Rsync 2.6.9 also fails, but differently: $ rsync-2.6.9 -ni -rR ././/src/ dest/ rsync: opendir "/src" failed: No such file or directory (2) cd+++++++ /src/ rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(977) [sender=2.6.9] #3. With incremental recursion, excluding an ancestor of a source argument stops traversal of a source argument: $ rsync-dev -ni -rR --exclude='/src' src/D/ dest/ (No output) This happens even with --no-implied-dirs (!): $ rsync-dev -ni -rR --no-implied-dirs --exclude='/src' src/D/ dest/ (No output) When incremental recursion is turned off, rsync works correctly: $ rsync-dev -ni -rR --no-i-r --exclude='/src' src/D/ dest/ cd+++++++++ src/D/ Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
