sudo / --link-dest combination problem.
Hi, using the attached script to implement an incremental rotating backup of my home directory works fine if I run it myself, however if it is run as root the -- link-dest fails and all files are recreated rather than linked to. Can someone explain the problem to me? I'm using rsync version 2.6.5 on Darwin Kernel Version 8.1.0 (OS X Tiger) Thanks, Simon. === rm -rf /Volumes/Rotating backup/simonallfrey.6 mv -f /Volumes/Rotating backup/simonallfrey.5 /Volumes/Rotating backup/simonallfrey.6 mv -f /Volumes/Rotating backup/simonallfrey.4 /Volumes/Rotating backup/simonallfrey.5 mv -f /Volumes/Rotating backup/simonallfrey.3 /Volumes/Rotating backup/simonallfrey.4 mv -f /Volumes/Rotating backup/simonallfrey.2 /Volumes/Rotating backup/simonallfrey.3 mv -f /Volumes/Rotating backup/simonallfrey.1 /Volumes/Rotating backup/simonallfrey.2 mv -f /Volumes/Rotating backup/simonallfrey.0 /Volumes/Rotating backup/simonallfrey.1 /usr/local/bin/rsync -a --eahfs --link-dest=/Volumes/Rotating backup/ simonallfrey.1 /Users/simonallfrey /Volumes/Rotating backup/ simonallfrey.0/ === -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: sudo / --link-dest combination problem.
On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 12:32:06AM -0700, simon allfrey wrote: works fine if I run it myself, however if it is run as root the -- link-dest fails and all files are recreated rather than linked to. For files to be hard-linked together, they must be exactly the same in all preserved attributes. If you previously ran the script as a normal user, some files were probably created with either the wrong user or the wrong group from the originals (compared with what would be produced by a run as root). I would assume that this would solve itself going forward because the root-run files would match other root-run files. ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
