Matt, You hit it dead on. Thanks so much. This was making me crazy. Bye, Frank
Matt McCutchen-7 wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 12:50 -0700, fglos wrote: >> I have setup rsync to backup another linux computer with the link-dest >> option >> and realized storage savings. 1st backup is 31gb, daily backups only >> take >> approx 4gb. But when I rsync with link-dest to usb external drive all >> backups take up 31gb. Following is 1st the one that works and 2nd with >> no >> storage savings. Any ideas? Thanks, Frank > >> rsync --exclude-from=/root/bkup_excludes -avz --delete -e "ssh -i >> /root/cron/aebkup-rsync-key" --link-dest=/aeprodbk/current [EMAIL >> PROTECTED]:/ >> /aeprodbk/$d >>$d.log > >> rsync --exclude-from=/root/bkup_excludes -av --delete >> --link-dest=$dsk/current /aeprodbk/$d $dsk >> /usb$d.log > > The trouble is that on the second run, the file-list paths of the files > begin with $d (since the source lacks a trailing slash), so the > --link-dest option is looking for previous files under $dsk/current/$d . > To fix this, add a trailing slash and adjust the destination > correspondingly: > > rsync --exclude-from=/root/bkup_excludes -av --delete > --link-dest=$dsk/current /aeprodbk/$d/ $dsk/$d >> /usb$d.log > > Matt > > > -- > Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. > To unsubscribe or change options: > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/link-dest-storage-saving-on-backup-server-not-on-usb-hard-drive-tp18116450p18141787.html Sent from the Samba - rsync mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
