Am 01.01.2011 21:59, schrieb Erik Hjertén: > Thanks Denis, but I actually mean symbolic links under NTFS > create with e.g "mklink [[/D] | [/H] | [/J]] link target" > [...] > Just excluding the links is not the best solution as I really > want to back them up, I have a few thousand of them so it's hard > work to re-create them manually in case of horror/disaster.
Unfortunately, saving NTFS metadata with rsync has always been a pain in the ass, as the protocol simply was not designed for most of it. While symbolic links and junctions would fit in rather easily, to my best knowledge they are not implemented. You could build some cludge using dir /S /AL (which will give you symbolic links as well as junctions in the output, but unfortunately it will come in a way which is poorly suitable for scripting it back into shape. Alternatively, you could write some powershell lines using Get-ChildItem, checking for the ReparsePoint attribute and using Get-ReparsePoint for retrieving the destination. The people from the Windows PowerShell newsgroups/lists should be able to help you here. References: <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee176841.aspx> <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/817794/find-out-whether-a-file-is-a-symlink-in-powershell> <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1222226/how-do-i-find-out-what-volume-a-given-ntfs-path-is-on-when-using-mount-points> > Or will some other transfer method in BackupPC take care of things? No way. Denis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database without downtime or disruption http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
