Using --link-dest works on small directory tree but not large one

Wayne Davison wayned at samba.org
Thu Apr 6 19:10:42 GMT 2006


On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 12:19:44AM -1000, Robot Robot wrote:
> $ du -hsc /backup/websites/*
> 2.1G    /backup/websites/1
> 2.1G    /backup/websites/2
> 4.2G    total

You're asking du to report each directory separately, which is deceiving
you.  Run "du -hsc /backup/websites" instead.

..wayne..


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