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Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks

From Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks
Date 2023-10-22 19:40 +0200
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On 22 Oct 2023 10:32 -0700, from dalgoda+debian@gmail.com (Mike Castle):
> rsync supports hardlinks.
> 
> --hard-links, -H         preserve hard links

It does, but on the other hand it's very hard to wrangle rsync into
doing safe bidirectional syncing. At least I didn't find a way to do
that, which led me to eventually settle on unison for where I need
bidirectional sync.

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A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm> - 2023-10-22 16:50 +0200
  Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2023-10-22 19:40 +0200
    Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm> - 2023-10-24 16:20 +0200
  Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Mike Castle <dalgoda+debian@gmail.com> - 2023-10-22 19:40 +0200
    Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm> - 2023-10-24 16:20 +0200
      Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-10-24 17:20 +0200
        Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm> - 2023-10-25 09:00 +0200
          Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-10-25 15:30 +0200
            Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-10-26 01:30 +0200
  Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2023-10-22 19:40 +0200
    Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm> - 2023-10-24 16:20 +0200
  Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-10-22 20:20 +0200
    Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm> - 2023-10-24 16:30 +0200
      Re: A file synchronization tool that respects hardlinks Itay <debian@itayf.fastmail.fm> - 2023-10-25 09:10 +0200

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