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On 2017-08-19 09:59, Mick wrote: |
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> > > Am I missing something glaringly obvious, or is this a limitation |
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> > > of rsync? If so, is there another tool that can copy over |
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> > > symlinked directories properly? |
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> > I always use -av which copies simlinks correctly. -H is necessary |
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> > to copy hardlinks. If you need it -l also ensures this. |
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> I've also found that 'rsync -a -l' does the job, but other tools exist |
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> to achieve the same: |
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> https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Incremental-Dumps.html |
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> https://linux.die.net/man/1/star (look for the section 'Incremental Backups' |
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For the purposes about which Walter asks, I do not symlink directories, |
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I symlink the files. IOW, I create what is known as "symlink farms". |
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There are also multiple tools for doing that: |
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1. lndir, in the x11-misc/lndir package on gentoo |
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2. on a GNU system, cp -rsT |
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3. symlink-tree script in older releases of GNU automake (on my gentoo |
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system, in the sys-devel/automake-1.11.6-r1 package) |
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Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, |
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if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. |
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Do obvious transformation on domain to reply privately _only_ on Usenet. |
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