From: Paul F. <pg...@fo...> - 2005-08-30 16:48:25
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> I know that backuppc uses hard links internally. However what I wanted > to know is how/whether it handles hard links in a share that it's > backing up and restoring. > > Will a restored version contain hard links as the original share did? it depends on your backup method. > Would it work if I added --hard-links to $Conf{RsyncArgs}? no. apparently the rsync protocol code built into backuppc doesn't handle hard links. however, if you use tar instead of rsync, then hardlinks are backed up and preserved just fine. paul =--------------------- paul fox, pg...@fo... (arlington, ma, where it's 68.2 degrees) |