I'm using rsync to do an incremental backup of my desktop here, to a remote server as follows:
#/usr/bin/bash old=$(date -d 'now - 1 week' +%Y-%m-%d) new=$(date +%Y-%m-%d) rsync -avP --delete --link-dest=../$dir /home/bakers bak...@perturb.org:/home/bakers/backup/$new/ This is actually working GREAT! The only problem is that sometimes the cronjob won't complete (internet is down, something like that). When it tries to run the next week it does --link-dest against a dir that doesn't exist. It happily complies and transfers EVERY file because there is no source to hardlink from. I'd really like rsync to exit and throw an error if the --link-dest isn't present. I can't find anything in the man page about any fancy --list-dest options. Am I missing it? - Scott -- 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
