On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 01:25 +0100, Noel David Torres Taño wrote: > I don't know what I'm doing bad, but --link-dest does not work for me:
> $ rsync -av --link-dest=$PWD/copy1 origin/ copy2 > Now I expect to see that the inode number of the kk file in copy2 is the same > than the inode number of the file on copy1, but it isn't: > > $ ls -li * > copy1: > total 4 > 1761436 -rw-r--r-- 1 envite envite 3 dic 10 14:04 kk > > copy2: > total 4 > 1761437 -rw-r--r-- 1 envite envite 3 dic 10 14:04 kk > > origin: > total 4 > 1761435 -rw-r--r-- 1 envite envite 3 dic 10 14:04 kk > > And the file was unchanged, so it must be linked instead of copied: > > $ diff origin/kk copy1/kk > $ > > What is happening? Or what am I doing badly? Pass -i to find out why rsync didn't use the file from copy1. There might be a difference in the seconds part of the mtime, which would not show up in the "ls" output. -- 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
