[gentoo-user] Re: Symlinked directories and rsync

2017-08-25 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2017-08-19 09:41, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > For the purposes about which Walter asks, I do not symlink directories, > I symlink the files. IOW, I create what is known as "symlink farms". > There are also multiple tools for doing that: > > 1. lndir, in the x11-misc/lndir package on gentoo > >

[gentoo-user] Re: Symlinked directories and rsync

2017-08-19 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2017-08-19 09:59, Mick wrote: > > > Am I missing something glaringly obvious, or is this a limitation > > > of rsync? If so, is there another tool that can copy over > > > symlinked directories properly? > > > > I always use -av which copies simlinks correctly. -H is necessary > > to copy