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

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

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