>I mean instead of having --link-dest=previous_backup and the target >being empty (or starting that way in your case) you cp -al the >prevous_backup to the new "incomplete" one. Now you have a tree full >of all hard links. Now you can rsync to the target without any >- --link-dest reference. I meant the same.
>You are right about the other options except >that you would now need --delete as well. I have --delete-after. >Rsync will replace updated >files as you described earlier, change the metadata on the existing >links as I described earlier, add the new files, and delete the hard >links cp made which are no longer needed. Okey, I will stick with --link-dest, thanks a lot. >So, maybe I >have extra copies of some php, html, and jpg files but I know how they >were at the time they were backed up. You can still do "cp -al" and backup "ls -lR" or "find -ls" output. :) == Askar Safin http://vk.com/safinaskar Kazan, Russia -- 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
