Re: link-dest to remote server doesn't work in Linux client

2008-10-16 Thread Zhiming Zhou
ion in rsyncd.conf or in rsync command to prevent rsync to check owner user/group of files between rsync server and client. Zhiming Zhou 2008/10/17 Matt McCutchen wrote: > On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 18:24 +0800, Zhiming Zhou wrote: > > Then in cygwin, I use "--link-dest" option to

link-dest to remote server doesn't work in Linux client

2008-10-16 Thread Zhiming Zhou
Hello: I first use rsync on Cygwin in Windows, and make a fully old backup like this: rsync -a --force test 192.168.0.10::ttt/old/ Then in cygwin, I use "--link-dest" option to do a incremental backup: rsync -a --force --link-dest=../old/ 192.168.0.10::ttt/new/ * "new" directory contains updated

Does "--link-dest" option supports link to remote backup server?

2008-09-28 Thread Zhiming Zhou
Hello everyone: I keeps using rsync to backup my files on my laptop from one folder to another, and to reduce disk usage, so I use "--link-dest" option for incremental backup like this: *rsync -a --link-dest=/local/old /tmp/myfile /local/new* And "/local/old" is backuped some days ago, I use "--