Systems A & B both have copies of tree X. I want to synchronize tree Y from A to B, tree Y consisting of hard links to various files in tree X.
--compare-dest is a good start (and the --link-dest patch goes a bit further towards what I want), but both of those require the files on system B to be arranged in the same layout as the target. As one solution, if I rsync trees X & Y in one rsync -H (they are subdirs on the same filesystem), will rsync figure out that only link operations are necessary to put the files in their new locations? Or if not, would it be possible for an rsync hacker to add an option for the type of optimization I seek? -- Elliot Forget world domination. The Red Planet shall belong to Red Hat. -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
