On Tue, 2008-12-23 at 15:07 -0600, Dave Dykstra wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 01:52:21PM -0500, Matt McCutchen wrote:
> > I too find the current semantics of basis dirs illogical and would
> > support an option for better semantics (though I think we should avoid
> > changing defaults some users
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 01:52:21PM -0500, Matt McCutchen wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-12-23 at 23:45 +1100, David Overton wrote:
> > I would also very much like to see this feature. Indeed, this seems
> > far more logical than the current --link-dest behaviour and it's what
> > I assumed --link-dest would
[Cross-posting this thread from rsync to rsnapshot-discuss because it
bears directly on rsnapshot's mode of operation.]
On Tue, 2008-12-23 at 10:00 -0600, Dave Dykstra wrote:
> Rob gave the example of
> rsync -a --link-dest=../backup.1 source/ backup.0/
> where backup.0 already had files in it
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 11:45:36PM +1100, David Overton wrote:
> 2008/12/23 Robert Bell :
> > It seems to us that there is a good case for the enhanced functionality.
> >
> > "When a file is found in the destination which should be replaced by one
> > in the source, look in the --link-dest director
2008/12/23 Robert Bell :
> It seems to us that there is a good case for the enhanced functionality.
>
> "When a file is found in the destination which should be replaced by one
> in the source, look in the --link-dest directory first for a candidate,
> and hard-link that in preference to doing a co
avison
To: Robert Bell
Cc: rsync@lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: rsync --link-dest option with the destination directory
containing old files.
Resent-Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:56:17 +1100 (EST)
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On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:22:42AM +1100, Robert Bell wrote:
we would like rsync to
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:22:42AM +1100, Robert Bell wrote:
> we would like rsync to use a hard-link from ../backup.1 in
> preference to a new copy from source/ to backup.0/ .
That's not something that I plan to implement. I'd suggest changing
your naming to always use a new directory, which wil
Way back:
> -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003
> 09:56:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Rubel galcit.caltech.edu> To: rsync at lists.samba.org Subject:
> --link-dest when target and compare_dir both have file
>
> Hi J.W. et al,
>
> Kevin Everets was kind enough to inform
