https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11800
Bug ID: 11800 Summary: smarter "safe" symlink detection Product: rsync Version: 3.1.1 Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P5 Component: core Assignee: way...@samba.org Reporter: world.lo...@gmail.com QA Contact: rsync...@samba.org Hi, We are using --copy-unsafe-links to sync a complex file/directory tree that spans over multiple nfs drives to another site. However, --copy-unsafe-links considers the following subdir1_link symlink as "unsafe": /nfs/dir1/subdir1/ |-- file1 |-- subdir1_link -> /nfs/dir1/subdir1 `-- subdir2 `-- file2 subdir1_link is detected as unsafe and therefore its content is synced over and over and therefore we get the following: /nfs/dir1/subdir1/subdir1_link/subdir1_link/subdir1_link/... Is it possible to detect that subdir1_link is actually a "safe" symlink and sync it as: subdir1_link -> . Regards, Mak -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the QA Contact for the bug. -- 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