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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Can I make rdiff-backup follow symlinks?
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Paul Bijnens |
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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Can I make rdiff-backup follow symlinks? |
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Wed, 07 May 2008 12:07:16 +0200 |
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On 2008-05-07 10:55, Chris G wrote:
Is there an option in rdiff-backup to make it follow symbolic links?
E.g. if I do something like:-
rdiff-backup /home/chris /backup
I want it to copy *everything* in /home/chris, including stuff pointed
to by symbolic links. Otherwise I'm left with a backup which can have
huge holes in it.
And also hoping that no symbolic links will result in a circular
loop, generate huge amounts of data :-)
Why not adding the targets of the links to the rdiff-backup include
list? Simple solution but avoiding major problems.
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