rsync --files-from with symlink in path

[Jeremy Grant]

Here is what I have been doing with rsync(This is condinced version of
the main script that runs):

	#!/usr/local/bin/bash
	SSH=/usr/local/bin/ssh
	RSYNC=/usr/local/bin/rsync
	SED=/usr/bin/sed
	USER=vmladmin
	ROLLLISTDIR=/home/vmladmin/rolllists/
	ROLLFILE=${ROLLLISTDIR}rollfile.${CELERITYID}
	EXCLUDEFILE=${ROLLLISTDIR}rollfile.exclude
	RSYNC_OPT="-zrc --delete"
	EXCLUDE="--exclude-from=${EXCLUDEFILE}"
	BACKUP="--backup-dir=/opt/staging/rollbackup/${CELERITYID}-`date
+%Y%m%d%H%M`"
	
	rsyncfiles ()
	{
	SERVER=${1}

	SRCDIR=${2}

	DESTDIR=${3}

	for FILES in `cat ${ROLLFILE} | sed 's~ $~~g' | tr " " "@"`

	do
		FNAME=`echo ${FILES} | ${SED} 's~@~\ ~g'`
		${RSYNC} -e "${SSH}" -nv ${RSYNC_OPT} ${EXCLUDE}
${BAKCUP} "${SRCDIR}${FNAME}" ${USER}@${SERVER}:"${DESTDIR}${FNAME}"
	done
	}

What my script does, takes a list of filename found in ${ROLLFILE} and
runs a for loop that uses rsync to move the list of files from one
server to another.  This work correctly even syncing files that exist in
a dir that is symlinked to another dir on the file system.  After
upgrading to 2.6.0 when I moved to newer servers I decided to change my
script some.  One of the things I am to make work is the --files-from
option that is now avalible.  Here is somewhat of what my new script
does:
	#!/usr/local/bin/bash
	###OPTIONS####	
	rsyncfiles ()
	{
	RSYNC_OPT=${1}
	FROMFILE=${2}
	SOURCE=${3}       # user at host: or :
	DESTINATION=${4}  # user at host: or :

	if [ -r "${FROMFILE}" ]
	then
	echo ${RSYNCCMD} -e "${SSH}" ${RSYNC_OPT} ${EXCLUDE} ${INCLUDE}
--files-from=${FROMFILE} ${SOURCE} ${DESTINATION}
		${RSYNCCMD} -e "${SSH}" ${RSYNC_OPT} ${EXCLUDE}
${INCLUDE} --files-from=${FROMFILE} ${SOURCE} ${DESTINATION}
	fi
	}

Which I pass a command like:

	rsyncfiles "${RSYNC_OPT}" "${WEBROLLFILE}" "/"
"${USER}@prodweb1:/"

This now give me an error like this when I sync the same filelist that
works with the first setup:

	delete_file: unlink "//opt/bea/vml" failed: Permission denied
	symlink "//opt/bea/vml" ->
"/opt/bea/user_projects/domains/cp-sb1/applications" failed: File exists
	rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at
main.c(632)

The new script works great as long as there is a not a symlinked dir in
the path.  So far I have nto been able to find anything on the list or
in the main page to help me with this.  Does anyone have any ideas how I
get this to work with the --files-from option?

Jeremy Grant
Unix System Admin
VML