Symlink file syncing issue

[johhhn at gmail.com]

Not sure if it matters or not, but are you using the hfs+ version of
rsrync?  If not,  you definitely should do that no matter what.

John



On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 13:51:40 -0800, Joel Watson <rsync at joelmwatson.com> wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I've been attempting to use rsync to sync a set of files between my
> laptop and my desktop. I've tried using google to search the archives,
> but didn't find anything that addressed this issue exactly... First of
> all, here are the details of how I have things set up.
> 
> Server acting as the intermediary:
> OS: Mac OS X Server 10.3
> rsync: 2.6.2
> 
> Laptop:
> OS: Mac OS X 10.3.6
> rsync: 2.6.2
> 
> Desktop:
> OS: Mac OS X 10.3.6
> rsync: 2.6.3
> 
> On both machines I have a folder located at ~/Sync. This folder
> contains symlinks to the files I want sync'd:
> 
> lrwxr-xr-x   1 username  staff     54  7 Nov 00:24 AddressBook ->
> /Users/username/Library/Application Support/AddressBook
> lrwxr-xr-x   1 username  staff     52  7 Nov 00:25 Adium 2.0 ->
> /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Adium 2.0
> lrwxr-xr-x   1 username  staff     45  7 Nov 00:25 Bookmarks.plist ->
> /Users/username/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist
> lrwxr-xr-x   1 username  staff     32  7 Nov 00:25 Calendars ->
> /Users/username/Library/Calendars
> lrwxr-xr-x   1 username  staff     39  7 Nov 00:04 StickiesDatabase ->
> /Users/username/Library/StickiesDatabase
> -rw-r--r--   1 username  staff  14142  7 Nov 00:05 Sync_From_Log.txt
> -rw-r--r--   1 username  staff   1945  7 Nov 00:26 Sync_To_Log.txt
> 
> AddressBook, Adium 2.0, and Calendars are all directories.
> Bookmarks.plist and StickiesDatabase are files.
> 
> The command I'm using to sync to the server:
> 
>         rsync -avzL -e ssh --exclude ".DS_Store" /Users/username/Sync
> username at the.server.address:~/
> 
> This works perfectly and does exactly what I want.
> 
> The command I'm using to sync from the server:
> 
>         rsync -avzL -e ssh --exclude ".DS_Store"
> username at the.server.address:~/Sync /Users/username/
> 
> This works as expected for the folders (the symlinks remain intact at
> ~/Sync on the local machine and the linked locations are updated), but
> the symlinks to files are simply replaced with the copies from the
> server rather than the linked locations being replaced. For the life of
> me, I can't figure out why individual file symlinks are treated
> differently from folder symlinks. What I'm suspecting right now is that
> it has something to do with the -L option, but I couldn't seem to find
> anything detailing this specific situation online or in the man file.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've spent many a long hour
> trying to work this out to no avail. Thanks!
> 
> -Joel
> 
> "Smiting his breast, he reproached his heart with word.
> Endure, heart; you have endured worse before." - Odyssey, XX 17-18
> 
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