[PATCH] --one-file-system and automounter

Wayne Davison wayned at samba.org
Tue Feb 3 18:15:56 GMT 2004


On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 02:31:10PM +0100, Dick Streefland wrote:
> I think that including a symlinked file (or directory) is slightly
> less confusing than skipping the symlinks. The man page description of
> the --one-file-system option talks about crossing filesystem boundaries
> when recursing, and following one symlink is not recursing. Also,
> "cp -rxL" behaves like this.

I too am inclined to think that a change in behavior is needed.  Your
comment on how cp behaves further reinforces this, so unless someone has
a good reason why this should remain the same, I'll check in a change.

> BTW: Your message contained a "Cc: rsync at lists.samba.org", but I only
>      received it directly from you, not via de mailing list.

I got it via the mailing list, so I don't know why you didn't.  Perhaps
you have a filter that eliminates duplicates (based on Message-ID)?

..wayne..


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