rsync and symbolic links (fwd)

[Gerhard Wiesinger]

Hello Wayne!

Any plans to implement the feature in rsync 3.0 to copy the link and the 
linked item to make backups perfect?

Thnx.

Ciao,
Gerhard

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Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 18:39:19 +0100 (CET)
From: Gerhard Wiesinger <lists at wiesinger.com>
To: Wayne Davison <wayned at samba.org>
Cc: rsync at lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: rsync and symbolic links

On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, Wayne Davison wrote:

So turns out that I want a "feature request" which copies the link itself 
(file or directory) and the linked file/directory itself. So then I have a 
"perfect" backup (the link is not valid when it is absolute but it works 
well on restore). Currently I only have the symbolic link of the 
file/directory but not the contents itself (which is useless on restore 
because I don't have the data).

When the feature with copying the link itself and the contents would be 
implemented I have a "perfect" copy. When I copy the files backup on disaster 
recovery the links work well again. (after replacing the OS).

Do you plan to implement this feature request?

Thank you for the answer.

Ciao,
Gerhard