On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 11:59 AM Wayne Davison via rsync <
rsync@lists.samba.org> wrote:
> I should also mention that there are totally valid reasons why the dir
> might be huge on day4. For instance, if someone changed the mode on the
> files from 664 to 644 then the files cannot be hard-linked t
I should also mention that there are totally valid reasons why the dir
might be huge on day4. For instance, if someone changed the mode on the
files from 664 to 644 then the files cannot be hard-linked together even if
the file's data is unchanged. The same goes for differences in preserved
xattrs,
You could rsync the current day4 dir to a day4.new dir, and list all the
prior days as --link-dest options. Make sure that you're using the same
xatt/acl options as your official backup command (the options may or may
not be present) so that you are preserving the same level of info as the
backup.
