Precise meaning of initial 'h' when using -ii

[Kevin Korb]

It is only showing it because of the -ii.  Doubled -i shows every 
file/dir.  If it was doing something there would be more letters but it 
is just porting that it found a hardlink with no difference between 
source and destination.

On 2026-01-29 13:16, Brian J. Murrell via rsync wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I am using rsync with --hard-links and -ii and want to get some
> clarification on what the initial 'h' in the output means.
>
> For example:
>
> # rsync -naiiSPAHX --link-dest=/.snapshots/daily.9/jenny/ ../daily.9/jenny/ jenny
> sending incremental file list
> hf          home/jennifer/.gnome2/keyrings/login.keyring.temp-1009839767
>
> I'm interpreting that to mean a hard link is being created.  Is that
> correct?
>
> But if I inspect the source and destination, the hard link already
> exists:
>
>
> # pwd
> /.snapshots/daily.8
> # ls -li ../daily.{9,8}/jenny/home/jennifer/.gnome2/keyrings/login.keyring.temp-1009839767
> 104079794 -rw-------. 12276 jennifer jennifer 218510 May 25  2021 ../daily.8/jenny/home/jennifer/.gnome2/keyrings/login.keyring.temp-1009839767
> 104079794 -rw-------. 12276 jennifer jennifer 218510 May 25  2021 ../daily.9/jenny/home/jennifer/.gnome2/keyrings/login.keyring.temp-1009839767
>
> So is my understanding of that:
>
> hf          home/jennifer/.gnome2/keyrings/login.keyring.temp-
> 1009839767
>
> line incorrect?
>
> Cheers,
> b.
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