Re: rsync - using a --files-from list to cut out scanning. How to handle deletions?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If you are going to do it this way please be aware of: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8712 and https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5644 If a file exists in the target directory when using --link-dest rsync modifies the link rather t

[Bug 8712] --link-dest doesn't work if target file exists (but needs updating)

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8712 --- Comment #2 from Teodor Milkov 2013-01-15 14:00:40 UTC --- Isn't this duplicate to https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5644 There's even patch in 5644. Such a behaviour (unlink changed files and then hard link to dest dir) would be very