symlinks and --compare-dest option

2005-05-27 Thread Tobias Reinhard
Title: Nachricht Hi all!   I want to sync/copy a tree from a remote system to my local computer. Let 's say they are completly synced. When I do   rsync remote.computer:/storage /new-storage --compare-dest=/ -a -v   As expected rsync does not copy the files but copies/recreate the symlinks

Re: --compare-dest option

2002-01-29 Thread Jim Meyering
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Here's an example. > dest = directory tree full of files all interdependent. a change in one > without the corresponding change in another makes the whole tree invalid. > If you just rsync the directory changes over, the tree is invalid from the > first change is starte

Re: --compare-dest option

2002-01-28 Thread tim . conway
/2002 06:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Tim Conway/LMT/SC/PHILIPS) Subject:--compare-dest option Classification: I'm translating rsync.1, and i'm having some problems with the --compare-dest option description, actually i dont

--compare-dest option

2002-01-28 Thread mertz . denis
I'm translating rsync.1, and i'm having some problems with the --compare-dest option description, actually i dont understand the part which describes the usefulness of this option, it says : This is useful for doing transfers to a new destination while leaving existing files in