On May 30, 2011, at 9:04 AM, shouldbe q931 wrote: > I tried to "cheat" by initially only setting up the default.conf to only copy > one small subdirectory on the main server, then after it had finished, > changing the default.comf to be fule full file set, then going into /tree and > doing an "rm-rf *", then doing a "cp -alR /RAID/backups/current/* > /RAID/Snapshots/main-server/<date>/tree/" which created a pure "hard link" > backup set, but when I then ran "dervish --vault main-server" after the > initial "receiving file list" it then started to transfer files rather than > create another "hard link" <date>/tree set.
Seems like a reasonable strategy. Perhaps try checking out the rsync command listed in the `summary' file of the non-init (second) run. Run that interactively in dry-run with three or four -v's to see why it's copying files you think it should be skipping. Eric _______________________________________________ Dirvish mailing list [email protected] http://www.dirvish.org/mailman/listinfo/dirvish
