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

2013-01-18 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8712 Wayne Davison changed: What|Removed |Added Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution|

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

2013-01-17 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8712 --- Comment #3 from Brian J. Murrell 2013-01-17 23:54:00 UTC --- (In reply to comment #2) > Isn't this duplicate to https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5644 It does seem like it, although I'm not 100% they are discussing the same thing. Mi

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

2013-01-15 Thread samba-bugs
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

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

2012-05-28 Thread Henri Shustak
> I'm also hit by this issue. Is there any prediction as to whether and, if so, > when something is going to happen? :) Until such time as the situation with --link-dest changes consider syncing into an empty directory (if at all possible). If you are using rsync for backup then you may wish

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

2012-05-24 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8712 --- Comment #1 from Tobias Dussa 2012-05-24 15:06:22 UTC --- I'm also hit by this issue. Is there any prediction as to whether and, if so, when something is going to happen? :) THX! Cheers, Toby. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.samba.or

Re: --link-dest doesn't work if target file exists (but needs updating)

2012-01-22 Thread Henri Shustak
> On 12-01-20 06:01 PM, Kevin Korb wrote: >> Someone has requested it: >> https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7870 > > I'm not really sure that is the same bug. Maybe it is. Not convinced > though. I guess I can file my own bug and ask 7870's OP to see if it's > the same issue. > >> Bu

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

2012-01-20 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8712 Summary: --link-dest doesn't work if target file exists (but needs updating) Product: rsync Version: 3.0.7 Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status

Re: --link-dest doesn't work if target file exists (but needs updating)

2012-01-20 Thread Brian J. Murrell
On 12-01-20 06:01 PM, Kevin Korb wrote: > Someone has requested it: > https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7870 I'm not really sure that is the same bug. Maybe it is. Not convinced though. I guess I can file my own bug and ask 7870's OP to see if it's the same issue. > But is seems like

Re: --link-dest doesn't work if target file exists (but needs updating)

2012-01-20 Thread Kevin Korb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Someone has requested it: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7870 But is seems like an rm -rf and a cp -al would do the same thing. On 01/20/12 17:56, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > On 12-01-20 05:42 PM, Kevin Korb wrote: >> Am I understanding ri

Re: --link-dest doesn't work if target file exists (but needs updating)

2012-01-20 Thread Brian J. Murrell
On 12-01-20 05:42 PM, Kevin Korb wrote: > Am I understanding right that your source and your link-dest are > actually the same path? Yes they are! > If so what are you trying to do that wouldn't > be accomplished with a simple 'cp -l'? Not all of the files in source and dest are supposed to be t

Re: --link-dest doesn't work if target file exists (but needs updating)

2012-01-20 Thread Kevin Korb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am I understanding right that your source and your link-dest are actually the same path? If so what are you trying to do that wouldn't be accomplished with a simple 'cp -l'? Also, when using --link-dest the target is treated differently. Normally the

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

2012-01-20 Thread Brian J. Murrell
Using: # rsync --version rsync version 3.0.7 protocol version 30 Copyright (C) 1996-2009 by Andrew Tridgell, Wayne Davison, and others. Web site: http://rsync.samba.org/ Capabilities: 64-bit files, 64-bit inums, 32-bit timestamps, 64-bit long ints, socketpairs, hardlinks, symlinks, IPv6,

Re: --link-dest doesn't work

2004-09-29 Thread Wayne Davison
On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 12:04:21PM -0400, Tony VanScoy wrote: > $ rsync --version > rsync version 2.6.0 protocol version 27 Allow me to answer by reference to things I've said in the past: http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2004-January/008406.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED

--link-dest doesn't work

2004-09-29 Thread Tony VanScoy
i want to backup a website every day, but only get the changed files. Otherwise just hard link to yesterdays file. So I'm trying --link-dest. here is the script (backup.sh) I'm trying to use #!/bin/bash if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo usage: $0 rsync_module exit fi BACKUP_DIR=/ho