--copy-unsafe-links unexpected behavior with unsafe symlinks

Wayne Davison wayne at opencoder.net
Tue Jan 4 20:41:46 UTC 2022


To be extra clear (since I was overly terse in my hasty answer), here's
your last example fixed for you:

    $ cd ~/dev
    $ rsync --copy-unsafe-links -aivz --delete ~/tmp/TST/tree/
~/tmp/XXX/tree/

This is how rsync knows where the safe restriction lies -- at the top of
the transfer (the final slash). Thus, your statement about your desired
restriction not being possible is false.

..wayne..
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