Re: [gentoo-user] Symlinked directories and rsync

On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 09:59:47AM +0100, Mick wrote > I've also found that 'rsync -a -l' does the job, but other tools > exist to achieve the same: Thanks; I'll try that next time I do an rsync to the "hot backup" machine. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop

Re: [gentoo-user] Symlinked directories and rsync

On Saturday, 19 August 2017 06:33:27 BST John Covici wrote: > On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 00:56:55 -0400, > > Walter Dnes wrote: > > I've RTFM'd, and it looks like there is no way to get rsync to copy > > > > over symlinked directories as symlinks. E.g. I build Pale Moon browser > > from source for 3

Re: [gentoo-user] Symlinked directories and rsync

On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 00:56:55 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > I've RTFM'd, and it looks like there is no way to get rsync to copy > over symlinked directories as symlinks. E.g. I build Pale Moon browser > from source for 3 machines at home. I prefer downloading the source > once and symlinking

[gentoo-user] Symlinked directories and rsync

I've RTFM'd, and it looks like there is no way to get rsync to copy over symlinked directories as symlinks. E.g. I build Pale Moon browser from source for 3 machines at home. I prefer downloading the source once and symlinking to it from 3 different working directories. I also have a personal