Re: link-dest storage saving on backup server not on usb hard drive

Matt, You hit it dead on. Thanks so much. This was making me crazy. Bye, Frank Matt McCutchen-7 wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 12:50 -0700, fglos wrote: >> I have setup rsync to backup another linux computer with the link-dest >> option >> and realized storage savi

link-dest storage saving on backup server not on usb hard drive

I have setup rsync to backup another linux computer with the link-dest option and realized storage savings. 1st backup is 31gb, daily backups only take approx 4gb. But when I rsync with link-dest to usb external drive all backups take up 31gb. Following is 1st the one that works and 2nd with no