weird result when using --link-dest

Andrew Gideon c182driver1 at gideon.org
Sat Apr 9 10:17:43 MDT 2011


On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:53:22 -0400, Matt McCutchen wrote:

>> So it is "du" that is fooling me? Very interesting
> 
> Right, "du" counts a multiply linked file only the first time it is
> seen.

It's actually fairly nice once you get used to it.  I use --link-dest for 
backups too, and this lets me quickly/easily see the size of the "delta" 
between snapshots.

	- Andrew


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