please help me using rsync efficiently

[Paul Slootman]

On Thu 16 Jul 2009, vvenu88 at gmail.com wrote:

> The contents of the list file (passed to rsync for synchronisation) are
>
> /folder1/folder2/rep/01234018329/FSG2_PULL.txt#79GA91205KAE --- actual file
> /folder1/folder2/users/01234002360/my/FSG2_PULL#79GA91205KAE ---- link
> /folder1/folder2/rep/00000000090/TEST#79GA85630K9X
> /folder1/folder2/users/01234002360/my/TEST#79GA85630K9X
> /folder1/folder2/rep/00000000090/TEST#79GAL5005KMN
> /folder1/folder2/users/01234002360/my/TEST#79GAL5005KMN
> /folder1/folder2/rep/00000000090/TEST#79GAL5303KMQ
> /folder1/folder2/users/01234002360/my/TEST#79GAL5303KMQ
> /folder1/folder2/rep/00000000090/TEST#79GB04321Q0T
> /folder1/folder2/users/01234002360/my/TEST#79GB04321Q0T
>
> After rsync has transferred the files and links the log shown is
>
> /folder1/folder2/rep/00000000090/
> /folder1/folder2/rep/00000000090/TEST#79GA85630K9X
> /folder1/folder2/rep/00000000090/TEST#79GAL5005KMN
> /folder1/folder2/rep/00000000090/TEST#79GAL5303KMQ
> /folder1/folder2/rep/00000000090/TEST#79GB04321Q0T
>
> /folder1/folder2/rep/01234018329/
> /folder1/folder2/rep/01234018329/FSG2_PULL.txt#79GA91205KAE
>
> /folder1/folder2/users/01234002360/my/
> /folder1/folder2/users/01234002360/my/FSG2_PULL#79GA91205KAE ->  
> /folder1/folder2/rep/01234018329/FSG2_PULL.txt#79GA91205KAE
> /folder1/folder2/users/01234002360/my/TEST#79GA85630K9X ->  
> /folder1/folder2/rep/00000000090/TEST#79GA85630K9X
> /folder1/folder2/users/01234002360/my/TEST#79GAL5005KMN ->  
> /folder1/folder2/rep/00000000090/TEST#79GAL5005KMN
> /folder1/folder2/users/01234002360/my/TEST#79GAL5303KMQ ->  
> /folder1/folder2/rep/00000000090/TEST#79GAL5303KMQ
> /folder1/folder2/users/01234002360/my/TEST#79GB04321Q0T ->  
> /folder1/folder2/rep/00000000090/TEST#79GB04321Q0T
>
> The log shows the way the rsync is copying the files to destination dir.
> But i want rsync to copy the files the way the files and links are in the 
> list file.

Why?
It doesn't make any difference. Once two files are hard-linked, there is
no difference whatsoever between both names (names are effectively just
links).

> Is it possible with rsync?

No; rsync will always transfer the files alphabetically (sorted).
Hence linked files will first be transferred as the first name to be
found in the sorted list.


Paul