Wayne Davison wrote: > On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 03:04:17PM +0100, Paul Slootman wrote: > > compare inode and device number. When those are the same, the two files > > must be hardlinked. > > Also, rsync only considers files that have a link count larger than 1 > (see stat()'s st_nlink) since this allows it to ignore the vast majority > of files that have only one link into a filesystem.
That's a fine rule and a lot of programs use it. It's also a very important rule: without it, every backup I do using rsync would run out of memory. I already have one directory in my home directory which has so many hard links that it cannot be copied (with -H) at the same time as the rest of my home directory, due to running out of memory if I try. So it's unfortunate that Linux bind mounts break the rule. They create multiple paths to files, including different names for the same files, which can still have a link count of 1. -- Jamie -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html