WD> Your example works fine for me, so run "rsync --version" and ensure that
My results: # rsync --version rsync version 2.6.3 protocol version 28 Copyright (C) 1996-2004 by Andrew Tridgell and others <http://rsync.samba.org/> Capabilities: 64-bit files, socketpairs, hard links, symlinks, batchfiles, inplace, IPv6, 64-bit system inums, 64-bit internal inums WD> If it doesn't mention "symlinks", you'll need to compile a new version WD> (rsync depends on the readlink() function for its symlink support, so WD> make sure that configure defined HAVE_READLINK). See my results above WD> If the output does mention symlinks, try running rsync without -l set WD> and make sure that it mentions that it is skipping a non-regular file. WD> Then, try running it something like -v options and ensure that it WD> appears in the sender's and receiver's file list. # ls -l src/ total 4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Dec 16 10:31 broken-link -> file-that-doesnt-exist -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4 Dec 16 13:31 file lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 16 13:32 good-link -> file # rsync -rv src/ dst/ building file list ... done file skipping non-regular file "good-link" sent 121 bytes received 40 bytes 322.00 bytes/sec total size is 8 speedup is 0.05 what about symlink "broken-link"? where is the message -- skipping non-regular file "broken-link"? -- WBR, Yakov mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
