https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13827
Wayne Davison <wa...@opencoder.net> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Resolution|--- |INVALID
Status|NEW |RESOLVED
--- Comment #1 from Wayne Davison <wa...@opencoder.net> ---
In the command:
rsync --archive --copy-unsafe-symlinks home ../rootdir2
The top dir in the tree is "." with "home" being something that you want to
transfer in that tree. Thus, anything in that tree is fair game in rsync's
algorithm. You should instead run this (which was your second test):
rsync --archive --copy-unsafe-symlinks home/ ../rootdir2/home/
Which makes sure that nothing exits the home dir's tree.
The reason for this is that someone might have specified more dirs to copy in
the past (such as "home bin") and then do a partial copy within that tree with
just "home" and they don't want the symlinks mangled in that case. Rsync makes
the rule that the cut-off point is the top of the tree for the transfer, not an
item within the tree. You can always tell what the top of the tree is by
seeing what part of the path rsync isn't mentioning. If the name is mentioned
(as "home" is in the first case) it isn't the top of the transfer.
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