On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 4:40 AM, Matthias Schniedermeyer <m...@citd.de> wrote:
> The alternativ (if possible) is to doing the link separatly and then rsync, > instead of letting rsync doing the linking. > The end-result is identical No, it's not identical in one aspect -- file attribute changes to files with identical content will change the attributes (permission, etc.) onto the older, hard-linked versions. Rsync's link-dest mode into a new directory creates a new version of a file if it needs to give it different attributes. A pre-existing hard-linked copy of the files causes rsync to just change the attributes on the file in-place (without breaking the hard-link). This can be a minor point for some people (if historical permissions/ACLs/xattrs don't need to be accurate), but could be a deal breaker for some. ..wayne..
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