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Old 05-09-2012
Help with rsync using link-dest
Hi,

I'm trying to keep backups of my home directory (i.e. back it up every day or so) using rsync with link-dest.

This is how I do it,

Code:
rsync -avh --delete --link-dest=/media/disk/oldbackup/ /home/user/ /media/disk/newbackup
rm -f /media/disk/oldbackup
ln -s newbackup /media/disk/oldbackup/

The problem is when I do this it seems to just copy my entire home directory again (as in every time I do a backup it copies everything again, rather I only want the changes to be copied and the others linked). It appears that I'm not creating hardlinks. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks
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Old 05-09-2012
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Originally Posted by lost.identity
Hi,

I'm trying to keep backups of my home directory (i.e. back it up every day or so) using rsync with link-dest.

This is how I do it,

Code:
rsync -avh --delete --link-dest=/media/disk/oldbackup/ /home/user/ /media/disk/newbackup
rm -f /media/disk/oldbackup
ln -s newbackup /media/disk/oldbackup/

The problem is when I do this it seems to just copy my entire home directory again (as in every time I do a backup it copies everything again, rather I only want the changes to be copied and the others linked). It appears that I'm not creating hardlinks. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks
can you use options "-zavrR" instead?

also, try to see what's going on using '--verbose' option as well.
 
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