rsync in conjunction with the --link-dest option does not output deleted files

[Maik Meier]

Hi,

I want to use rsync to make daily backups using hard-links in this way:

rsync -av --delete --link-dest=../backup_old ./source/. ./backup_new

This works great, but the problem is, that rsync does not show correctly
what action it performs (-v option). It shows correctly all new and
changed files/folders, but it does not show files that were deleted.
This works only if I do not use the -link-dest option.

Here is a little example script that shows the problem:

#!/bin/bash

echo -e "\n  --> creating a test source dir with 2 files (file1,file2) in it"
echo -e "  --> 1st backup of this dir with rsync (without --link-dest option)"
echo -e "  --> the output of rsync shows the 2 created files\n"
mkdir source
touch source/file1
touch source/file2
rsync -av --delete ./source/. ./backup

echo -e "\n  --> creating a new file (file3) in source dir"
touch source/file3

echo -e "  --> 2nd backup of this dir with rsync (without --link-dest option)"
echo -e "  --> the output of rsync shows the new created file (file3)\n"
rsync -av --delete ./source/. ./backup

echo -e "\n  --> deleting file1 in source dir"
rm source/file1

echo -e "  --> 3rd backup of this dir with rsync (without --link-dest option)"
echo -e "  --> the output of rsync shows the deleted file (file1)\n"
rsync -av --delete ./source/. ./backup


echo -e "\n  --> now the same procedure with the --link-dest option"
rm -r source
rm -r backup

echo -e "  --> creating a test source dir with 2 files (file1,file2) in it"
echo -e "  --> 1st backup of this dir with rsync"
echo -e "  --> the output of rsync shows the 2 created files\n"



Does someone know if this a bug, or ist this intended to be or am I
wrong somethere?

Thanks