Rsync: Directories become Symbolic Links

[Vu Huynh]

   Hi all,

	I have rsync'ed directory /rootdir/dirdir/ from Server1 to Server2, using cmd on Server2 "rsync 
Server1:/rootdir/dirdir -avz /rootdir/dirdir".  There were some sub-directories from Server1 got 
updated to become the symbolic links.  For example, directory /rootdir/dirdir/subdir1/ now becomes 
the symbolic link /rootdir/dirdir/subdir1 pointing to the new created directory 
/rootdir/dirdir/subdir2/:

Before:
	Server1 % ls -ld /rootdir/dirdir/subdir1
	drwx-xr-x   3 vhuynh        512 Jul 12  2001 subdir1

After:
	Server1 % ls -ld /rootdir/dirdir/subdir1
	lrwxrwxrwx   1 vhuynh         19 Sep  3  2002 subdir1 -> subdir2

	Therefore, on the Server2, rsync could not update the old directory subdir1 to be the symbolic link 
as in the Server1.  As the result, both subdir1 and subdir2 are directories:
	
	Server2 % ls -ld /rootdir/dirdir/subdir1 /rootdir/dirdir/subdir2
	drwx-xr-x   3 vhuynh        512 Jul 12  2001 subdir1
	drwx-xr-x   3 vhuynh        512 Jul 12  2001 subdir2

	My question is that how do we make rsync understands and update the directory subdir1 becomes the 
symbolic link as in Server1.  Below is the rsync's error message I currently get when trying 
updating the Server2's data:

rsync: symlink "/rootdir/dirdir/subdir1" -> "subdir2": File exists
delete_file: rmdir(/rootdir/dirdir/subdir1) : File exists

			Thanks, all!

			    Vu


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