Rsync a directory via a linked name.
Hongyi Zhao
hongyi.zhao at gmail.com
Thu Apr 16 18:07:12 MDT 2015
On Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:21:03 -0400, Kevin Korb wrote:
> Just go 1 deeper for your source: rsync -l
> ftp.cn.debian.org::debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-amd64/current/
Yes, I've tried this before. But I also use the `--delete --delete-
excluded' with the above options. And finally I found that the current
will not be retrieved, in fact it will be deleted at the end.
Then I noted the following args of rsync:
-L, --copy-links transform symlink into referent file/dir
-K, --keep-dirlinks treat symlinked dir on receiver as dir
So I finally use the command like this and it does the trick:
rsync -rlKLPv --delete --delete-excluded \
ftp.cn.debian.org::debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-amd64/current/
But, even though, I cann't figure out whether the method used by me is
the most appropriate method or not for this case.
Regards
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