DO NOT REPLY [Bug 5665] New: need option to hard link from source tree to dest tree

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https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5665

           Summary: need option to hard link from source tree to dest tree
           Product: rsync
           Version: 3.0.4
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: major
          Priority: P3
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned at samba.org
        ReportedBy: Dave at Yost.com
         QAContact: rsync-qa at samba.org


This is something I do a lot, and I've been using an older tool to do this.
Rsync should do it, too.

mkdir a b
touch a/file1 a/file2
rsync -a --new-option a b

would create
 b/a/file1
 b/a/file2
as shared links to their counterparts in a/


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