Re: Link-dest thinks file is newly created, but it isn't

I suspect that I've found the problem. It appears that the permissions for these directories have been turned off at some point for these directories. This might be causing the problem with --link-dest. When it tried to stat the file on the backup it couldn't and therefore did not exist. Although,

Re: Link-dest thinks file is newly created, but it isn't

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What does --itemize-changes say about that file? Try using the stat command on the various copies of it to see what is different about them. On 01/09/2015 09:42 PM, Clint Olsen wrote: Hi: I've been using rsync for a couple years now.

Re: Link-dest thinks file is newly created, but it isn't

On Sat Jan 10 2015 at 5:21:33 AM Kevin Korb k...@sanitarium.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What does --itemize-changes say about that file? Try using the stat command on the various copies of it to see what is different about them. In my original message, I

Re: Link-dest thinks file is newly created, but it isn't

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If it seeing the files as new then I agree that stat won't help. It might have explained some other itemize output. Since it is seeing the files as new then they must not be where it is looking. Meaning that your link-dest parameter must not be