In <alpine.bsf.2.00.1011160947100.50...@oceanpt.safeport.com>, on 11/16/10 at 01:41 PM, d...@safeport.com said:
H Doug, > ---------------source------------------ >--------------------base---------------- ------dest------ >rsync -e ssh r...@newharbor.safeport.com:/home >--link-dest=/backup/201009/newharbor/home 201010/newharbor/ rsync -e ssh >r...@newharbor.safeport.com:/home >--link-dest=/backup/201003/newharbor/home 201010/newharbor/ >The first command copies all files, the second command copied about 13 of >40 GB. >The options on both commands are: -vaxH --numeric-ids --delete >--exclude=/home/apache/logs >The files are on backup box running some version of Linux. The command is >running on FBSD 8.1 using rsync version 3.0.7 protocol version 30. >Thanks for any help. >Using -vvni I believe I can debug this. Probably. For my uses, -i is usually sufficient to dertermine why rync has decided to process a file/directory. >Base on testing with my >workstation perhaps using -c will do it. I don't think so. If I understand your issues, you are getting too many files copied on the second run. My first suspect would be user/group ids. Even if -c determines that the files contain the same content, the files still will get copied if the linking rules can not be satisfied. Steven -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Steven Levine" <stev...@earthlink.net> eCS/Warp/DIY etc. www.scoug.com www.ecomstation.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