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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