Link-dest thinks file is newly created, but it isn't

Kevin Korb kmk at sanitarium.net
Sat Jan 10 06:21:16 MST 2015


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What does --itemize-changes say about that file?  Try using the stat
command on the various copies of it to see what is different about them.

On 01/09/2015 09:42 PM, Clint Olsen wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> I've been using rsync for a couple years now. Unfortunately, I've
> made some changes on both ends, so it's unclear what could be the
> culprit. I make extensive use of --link-dest to provide a cheap
> "Time Machine"-like backup for a Windows machine.
> 
> Source: Windows 7 running Cygwin (CYGWIN_NT-6.1 sith
> 1.7.33-2(0.280/5/3) 2014-11-13 15:47 x86_64 Cygwin) Destination:
> Synology 1512+ (Linux NAS 3.2.40 #5021 SMP Wed Dec 17 18:30:52 CST
> 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux synology_cedarview_1512+)
> 
> When I run with a command like the following:
> 
> /usr/bin/rsync -avz --itemize-changes --dry-run --no-o --no-g
> --no-p --exclude-from=/cygdrive/c/Users/clint/.rsync/exclude
> --delete --delete-excluded --link-dest=../latest
> /cygdrive/c/Users/clint /cygdrive/c/Users/nancy
> rsync at nas::NetBackup/sith/2015-01-09T11_58_16
> 
> 
> Rsync comes back and tells me this:
> 
> <f+++++++++ nancy/Documents/SCRAPPING/Digital/Club 
> Scrap/0313BookshelvesCSD/0313BookshelvesCSD.zip
> 
> 
> However, the file is clearly there. Here's a bit of history of the
> file (with inodes listed):
> 
> 
> 301113395 -rwx------ 329 rsync users 205949262 Jun 26 2013 
> 2014-12-29T02_00_02/nancy/Documents/SCRAPPING/Digital/Club 
> Scrap/0313BookshelvesCSD/0313BookshelvesCSD.zip
> 
> 44883985 -rwx------ 1 rsync users 205949262 Jun 26 2013 
> 2015-01-05T10_17_47/nancy/Documents/SCRAPPING/Digital/Club 
> Scrap/0313BookshelvesCSD/0313BookshelvesCSD.zip
> 
> 24985621 -rwx------ 1 rsync users 205949262 Jun 26 2013 
> 2015-01-06T02_00_02/nancy/Documents/SCRAPPING/Digital/Club 
> Scrap/0313BookshelvesCSD/0313BookshelvesCSD.zip
> 
> 13205531 -rwx------ 1 rsync users 205949262 Jun 26 2013 
> 2015-01-07T02_00_01/nancy/Documents/SCRAPPING/Digital/Club 
> Scrap/0313BookshelvesCSD/0313BookshelvesCSD.zip
> 
> 56131615 -rwx------ 1 rsync users 205949262 Jun 26 2013 
> 2015-01-08T02_00_02/nancy/Documents/SCRAPPING/Digital/Club 
> Scrap/0313BookshelvesCSD/0313BookshelvesCSD.zip
> 
> 30498850 -rwx------ 1 rsync users 205949262 Jun 26 2013 
> 2015-01-09T02_00_02/nancy/Documents/SCRAPPING/Digital/Club 
> Scrap/0313BookshelvesCSD/0313BookshelvesCSD.zip
> 
> 30498850 -rwx------ 1 rsync users 205949262 Jun 26 2013 
> latest/nancy/Documents/SCRAPPING/Digital/Club 
> Scrap/0313BookshelvesCSD/0313BookshelvesCSD.zip
> 
> I'm really perplexed as to how rsync thinks this file is new. The 
> checksums seem to match as well.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> -Clint
> 
> 
> 

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