Hi, as documented, if you use rsync with --copy-unsafe-links, and copy a directory with a symlink pointing outside of the copied tree, the referent of the symlink is copied.
Now, assume that the directory contains a symlink, which points to a (2nd) directory outside of the copied tree. If this (2nd) directory contains another symlink, which also points outside of the copied tree, rsync unfortunately only copies this symlink and *not* the referent. I don't know if this is a rsync-problem or a symlink-problem. (rsync version 3.0.3 protocol version 30, on Debian Lenny) Example: - host 1 directory-structure ("empty"): drwx------ ./1 - host 2 directory-structure: drwx------ ./2 -rw------- ./2/file lrwxrwxrwx ./2/dir -> ../foo drwx------ ./foo -rw------- ./foo/foofile lrwxrwxrwx ./foo/bar -> ../bar drwx------ ./bar -rw------- ./bar/barfile - mirror host 2 to host 1: $ rsync -av --copy-unsafe-links 2/ 1/ sending incremental file list ./ file dir/ dir/bar -> ../bar/ dir/foofile sent 206 bytes received 60 bytes 532.00 bytes/sec total size is 7 speedup is 0.03 Now, host 1 contains: drwx------ ./1 -rw------- ./1/file drwx------ ./1/dir -rw------- ./1/dir/foofile lrwxrwxrws ./1/dir/bar -> ../bar "file", "dir" and "foofile" are ok; but "bar" is a dangling symlink, and "barfile" was not copied. I would have expected that host 1 would contain: drwx------ ./1 -rw------- ./1/file drwx------ ./1/dir -rw------- ./1/dir/foofile drwx------ ./1/dir/bar/ -rw------- ./1/dir/bar/barfile But this is not the case. Is this a bug, or did I miss something? thanks, Roland -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html