warnings on symlinks using link-dest

[George Georgalis]

Hi, I'm using rsync with link-dest to make snapshot like backups into

/sawmill/backup/{hostname}/snapshot/{timestamp}/{root}

I'm getting warnings that I don't understand...

On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 05:00:01AM -0000, Cron Daemon wrote:
>+ rsync --recursive --links --perms --times --group --owner --devices --numeric-ids --exclude '*.boot' --exclude '*.lock' --exclude '*.nobak' --exclude tmp --exclude /backup --exclude /distfile --exclude /offline --exclude /sandbox --link-dest=/sawmill/backup/sawmill/snapshot/2006.02.02.1600.01//sawmill /sawmill/ /sawmill/backup/sawmill/snapshot/2006.02.03.0000.01//sawmill/
>rsync: symlink "/sawmill/backup/sawmill/snapshot/2006.02.03.0000.01/sawmill/home/geo/comphome" -> "/sawmill/comp/home/geo" failed: File exists (17)

If not apparent, this the the link being backed up
/sawmill/home/geo/comphome -> /sawmill/comp/home/geo

I get lots of similar warnings, but I'm not sure if they are from
all symlinks, exactly all the absolute symlinks or some other
set. What is happening here?

// George


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