On Feb 6, 2008 9:45 AM, Ming Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 00:14 -0600, Paul Johnson wrote: > > I have great luck running rsync from one linux system to another, or > > from a windows system (with cwRsync) to a linux system. > > > > But when I try to do an rsync backup from one directory on a Windows > > system to another, it fails. The cwRsync says its version is 2.6.9. > > > > does window ntfs ever support hard link??? i do not think so... >
Yes, ntfs has hard and soft links. hard links on directories are called "junctions" http://shell-shocked.org/article.php?id=284 http://www.flexhex.com/docs/articles/hard-links.phtml I suppose my question should be whether rsync and cwRsync can navigate them. Otherwise, somebody needs to put a big bright warning note somewhere around here. PJ -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 University of Kansas -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
