So, like a lot of people, I am using --link-dest to do backups. My backup target is ext4 so with a hard link limit of 64K. I do end up with trying to create too many links at some point though and get the following sequence of events:
rsync: link "/.snapshots/hourly.0/linux/usr/src/openwrt-r18617/build_dir/host/mpfr-2.4.1/tests/.deps/tui_sub.Po" => usr/src/openwrt-r18617/build_dir/host/bison-2.3/examples/calc++/.deps/calc++-driver.Po failed: Too many links (31) Hlink node data for 2282618 already has path=usr/src/openwrt-r18617/build_dir/host/bison-2.3/examples/calc++/.deps/calc++-driver.Po (usr/src/openwrt-r18617/build_dir/host/mpfr-2.4.1/tests/.deps/tui_sub.Po) rsync error: errors with program diagnostics (code 13) at hlink.c(548) [generator=3.0.9] rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (222362 bytes received so far) [sender] rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(605) [sender=3.0.9] It seems awfully heavy-handed for this "Too many links" condition to be treated as an outright error. Surely it's sufficient to just fail to hard-link and move on, yes? Any thoughts? Cheers, b.
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