Hello,
I know it is a often discussed topic how rsync decide about using
hardlinks or copy a file. Even if content is unchanged problems are
often file permissions and owner ships. I know that.
Is it possible to configure rsync that way that it logs for each file
its decision about using a hardli
The only way I know of to determine this behavior is to use the
--link-dest option in rsync OR use the much older cp -al then rsync over
top of it method. With --link-dest a change in the file's metadata
causes rsync to duplicate the file in order to store both versions of
the metadata. With
Don't know if this is enough for you, but it may help at least a bit to hunt
down your problem. There is a flag -i
From man rsync
--itemize-changes, -ioutput a change-summary for all updates
this gives either a "." for no change, or a letter code for each change in "data,
time, size" etc.,