On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 09:33:42PM +0100, jan wrote: > -bash-3.1$ rsync -av --link-dest=20080313/ > --compare-dest=/data/BOC55/20080313/ 20080313/ /data/BOC55/20080314/
That set of options is impossible since you can't mix --link-dest with --compare-dest. Back in the days of 2.6.3, rsync would silently allow the latter --*-dest arg to replace the former arg, while retaining the idea that you wanted to do a --link-dest (due to the prior arg setting a flag), so that impossible syntax was equivalent to using --link-dest with the second arg. > --compare-dest arg does not exist: 20080313/ That's not a bug, that's rsync being helpful. All modern versions of rsync let you specify more than one --link-dest (or other --*-dest) directory to scan (as long as they are of the same type). Beginning with 3.0.0, if you specify a directory that does not exist, rsync is nice enough to let you know so you can fix it. It looks like you just want a single --link-dest=/data/BOC55/20080313 arg in your above command. ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html