Greetings All, I've been thinking about the current behavior of the --link-dest=DIR option. In the absence of --delete, ALL members of DIR should be linked to the destination (aside from those that are changed). If not, there should at least be a --no-link-dest-delete option. (This latter option might be better to avoid disrupting the behavior of current rsync commands)
My rational: This would benefit a snapshot-style backup system, where the user wants to accumulate files without deleting them from the destination. With this behavior the user would not need to search through scores of snapshots to find a file that is no longer in the source. -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
