Hi: I will try the itemize switch as you suggested, thanks...
I have tested this on both the Windows box and the NAS. The inode numbers come back differently on Cygwin but the NAS sees them as the same: Nancy@macki /cygdrive/f/macki/test $ ls -ali total 1048576 3297336581512553257 drwxr-xr-x 1 Nancy None 0 Jun 5 11:37 . 16963795924520120485 drwxr-xr-x 1 Nancy None 0 Jun 5 14:07 .. 5321094878451953619 -rw-r--r-- 1 Nancy None 4 Jun 5 10:57 foo 9211568837569774878 -rw-r--r-- 1 Nancy None 4 Jun 5 10:57 foo1 9211568837569774879 -rw-r--r-- 1 Nancy None 4 Jun 5 10:57 foo2 3595967447105090765 -rw-r--r-- 1 Nancy None 4 Jun 5 10:57 foolink NAS> cd /volume1/Backup/macki/test/ NAS> ls -ali 16678913 drwxrwxrwx 2 nancy users 4096 Jun 5 11:37 . 8814593 drwxrwxrwx 5 nancy users 4096 Jun 5 14:07 .. 16678915 -rwxrwxrwx 4 nancy users 4 Jun 5 10:57 foo 16678915 -rwxrwxrwx 4 nancy users 4 Jun 5 10:57 foo1 16678915 -rwxrwxrwx 4 nancy users 4 Jun 5 10:57 foo2 16678915 -rwxrwxrwx 4 nancy users 4 Jun 5 10:57 foolink The final file "foolink" was created using a C program ala: $ cat link.c #include <unistd.h> #include <stdio.h> int main(void) { if (link("/cygdrive/f/macki/test/foo", "/cygdrive/f/macki/test/foolink") == 0) { printf("Link was successful\n"); } else { printf("Link was not successful\n"); } return 0; } Thanks, -Clint On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Kevin Korb <k...@sanitarium.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > - --itemize-changes would be the first place to start. Also, see if you > can make a hard link on your NAS. Just because the underlying ext4 > supports it doesn't mean that your network mount does. Try something > like: > > cd /cygdrive/f/macki > touch testfile > ln testfile testfile2 > ls -ls testfile testfile2 > > They should both have the same inode number. > > On 06/05/12 17:02, Clint Olsen wrote: >> Hi: >> >> I have attempted to following some instructions to use --link-dest >> in order to preserve space for multiple backups. I'm using rsync >> on Cygwin with a NAS (ext4) which does support hard-links on the >> filesystem. I've written a short program that does attempt to >> create a hard-link on this NAS from Cygwin and it does look to be >> working. If I run ls -li on the NAS the inodes are the same. >> However, on Cygwin the inodes returned are not. I assumed that >> what's important is that the NAS handles the hard-links correctly. >> >> I checked the archives and it looks like a common mistake is >> inconsistent usage of the trailing backslash. My usage looks >> something like: >> >> % rsync -aP --delete --delete-excluded >> --exclude-from=/home/Nancy/.rsync/exclude >> --link-dest=/cygdrive/f/macki/current/ Nancy >> /cygdrive/f/macki/incomplete-back-2012-06-05T13:53:51 >> >> I'm running this from "/cygwin/c/Documents and Settings/" >> directory, and the directory under the symlink "current" is >> "Nancy". >> >> Is there a way to tell if rsync thinks it's found a match and >> attempting to link? >> >> Thanks, >> >> -Clint > > - -- > ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ > Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 > Systems Administrator Internet: > FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) > Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) > Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ > PGP public key available on web site. > ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk/OdL4ACgkQVKC1jlbQAQe9EgCgqYVuiaHi0MTD6MZjISt539aF > 7SMAoOJu8y508ZGMySbqgkch6Mellg3g > =DBkr > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > 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 -- 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