Re: Preserve Windows Symlinks

2020-12-29 Thread Edwin Bradford via rsync
; >>> > >>> Have I understood correctly? > >>> > >>> > >>> On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 at 13:53, Kevin Korb via rsync > >>> mailto:rsync@lists.samba.org>> wrote: > >>> > >>> If you delete the link then res

Re: Preserve Windows Symlinks

2020-12-29 Thread Kevin Korb via rsync
020 at 13:53, Kevin Korb via rsync >>> mailto:rsync@lists.samba.org>> wrote: >>> >>> If you delete the link then restore it does it start working again when >>> in the correct place? >>> >>> Also, don't use --checksum unless you are reall

Re: Preserve Windows Symlinks

2020-12-29 Thread Edwin Bradford via rsync
the link then restore it does it start working again when > > in the correct place? > > > > Also, don't use --checksum unless you are really certain you understand > > how terribly slow it is and how it doesn't actually accomplish much of > > an

Re: Preserve Windows Symlinks

2020-12-29 Thread Kevin Korb via rsync
ny kind of data verification). > > On 12/29/20 7:29 AM, Edwin Bradford via rsync wrote: > > Is it possible to preserve Windows symlinks when backing up from > NTFS to > > NTFS volumes or any other for that matter? > > > > I am running r

Re: Preserve Windows Symlinks

2020-12-29 Thread Edwin Bradford via rsync
h of > anything (certainly not any kind of data verification). > > On 12/29/20 7:29 AM, Edwin Bradford via rsync wrote: > > Is it possible to preserve Windows symlinks when backing up from NTFS to > > NTFS volumes or any other for that matter? > > > > I am runn

Re: Preserve Windows Symlinks

2020-12-29 Thread Kevin Korb via rsync
tion). On 12/29/20 7:29 AM, Edwin Bradford via rsync wrote: > Is it possible to preserve Windows symlinks when backing up from NTFS to > NTFS volumes or any other for that matter? > > I am running rsync in Ubuntu in Windows Subsytem for Linux on Windows 10 > backing up a local NTFS v

Preserve Windows Symlinks

2020-12-29 Thread Edwin Bradford via rsync
Is it possible to preserve Windows symlinks when backing up from NTFS to NTFS volumes or any other for that matter? I am running rsync in Ubuntu in Windows Subsytem for Linux on Windows 10 backing up a local NTFS volume to an external NTFS volume (and also to a remote Unix server). The source