Re: [TCLUG:6229] rsync and sym-links

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

try the -L switch

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

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On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Ben Luey wrote:

> I have a directory on my computer that contains links to all my
> directories and files that I want to be synronized with on another
> computer. I want to have the second computer to use rsync to update my
> symlink directory and create all these symlinks and update the files
> / directories that the symlinks point to.  (ie ~/links/dirtosync/ is a
> link to ~/dirtosycn and ~/links/filetosync is a link to ~/filetosync
> 
> I run on the computer to get synced:
> 
> rsync -avz pclueyb.res.carleton.edu:~/negsync/  -e ssh ~/links -pogu -lr
> 
> to get all the symlinks setup, under ~/links 
> 
> if I then run 
> 
> rsync -avz pclueyb.res.carleton.edu:~/negsync/  -e ssh ~/links -pogu
> --copy-unsafe-links -l -L  
> 
> it updates the symlinks, but not the files they are linked it (no
> updating)
> 
> if I do
> 
>  rsync -avz pclueyb.res.carleton.edu:~/negsync/  -e ssh ~/links -pogu
> --copy-unsafe-links -L                      
> 
> it works perfectly on directories, but on files it replaces the link with
> the actual file in ~/links dir. 
> 
> How can I get rsync to follow the symlinks on both directories and files?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
> Ben Luey
> lueyb@carleton.edu
> ICQ: 19144397
> 
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