Hi, I want to use rsync to make daily backups using hard-links in this way:
rsync -av --delete --link-dest=../backup_old ./source/. ./backup_new This works great, but the problem is, that rsync does not show correctly what action it performs (-v option). It shows correctly all new and changed files/folders, but it does not show files that were deleted. This works only if I do not use the -link-dest option. Here is a little example script that shows the problem: #!/bin/bash echo -e "\n --> creating a test source dir with 2 files (file1,file2) in it" echo -e " --> 1st backup of this dir with rsync (without --link-dest option)" echo -e " --> the output of rsync shows the 2 created files\n" mkdir source touch source/file1 touch source/file2 rsync -av --delete ./source/. ./backup echo -e "\n --> creating a new file (file3) in source dir" touch source/file3 echo -e " --> 2nd backup of this dir with rsync (without --link-dest option)" echo -e " --> the output of rsync shows the new created file (file3)\n" rsync -av --delete ./source/. ./backup echo -e "\n --> deleting file1 in source dir" rm source/file1 echo -e " --> 3rd backup of this dir with rsync (without --link-dest option)" echo -e " --> the output of rsync shows the deleted file (file1)\n" rsync -av --delete ./source/. ./backup echo -e "\n --> now the same procedure with the --link-dest option" rm -r source rm -r backup echo -e " --> creating a test source dir with 2 files (file1,file2) in it" echo -e " --> 1st backup of this dir with rsync" echo -e " --> the output of rsync shows the 2 created files\n" Does someone know if this a bug, or ist this intended to be or am I wrong somethere? Thanks -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
