Hi all, I'm trying to figure out why a script works when using SSH but not when using the rsync protocol. When I run the following command:
rsync -aPh --link-dest=/user/snapshots/rsync_test/last /home/user/rsync_test root@readynas.internal:/user/snapshots/rsync_test/Jan_11_2025 it works perfectly, correctly recognizing the link-dest parameter. However, when I try to run the same command using the rsync protocol: $ rsync -aPh --link-dest=/user/snapshots/rsync_test/last /home/user/rsync_test rsync://admin@readynas.internal/snapshots/user/Jan_11_2025 Password: sending incremental file list --link-dest arg does not exist: /user/snapshots/rsync_test/last I have tried several permutations of using relative/absolute paths to the last file, but nothing seems to work. The only thing slightly unusual is the mismatch in versions between rsync. On my client machine I have: $ rsync --version rsync version 3.3.0 protocol version 31 while on the ReadyNAS I have $ rsync --version rsync version 3.0.9 protocol version 30 I have looked over the man page description of --link-dest here: https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync.1#opt--link-dest, but I don't see any mention of anything special when using the rsync protocol. Is there something I'm missing? Thanks, Tony -- 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
