-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 William Case wrote: >>> My script is 'rsync -auH --del >>> --filter=-_/home/bill/.dbus /home/bill/ /backup/bill/'. > ^ a typo it was making me wonder. > /home/bill/ is on sdb8 while /backup/bill/ is mounted on sda5 > (LABEL=backup) > > Unless I missed something, they should be different names as far as > rsync is concerned. right you are. i missed it. i guess i am going to have to start reading what is written and not listen to what i am thinking. > My rsync doesn't seem much different. Your -v is verbose, my -H is a > hard link -- (probably don't need it). ok. i think i have my thinking synced with my reading now. how about doing a redirect with rsync's output to a file so that you can go back to it and read what is happening in looking back thru 'man ln': +++++ DESCRIPTION In the 1st form, create a link to TARGET with the name LINK_NAME. In the 2nd form, create a link to TARGET in the current directory. In the 3rd and 4th forms, create links to each TARGET in DIRECTORY. Create hard links by default, symbolic links with --symbolic. When creating hard links, each TARGET must exist. +++++ last line may be saying something. rsync is trying to create a hard link. also, +++++ -d, -F, --directory allow the superuser to attempt to hard link directories (note: will probably fail due to system restrictions, even for the superuser) +++++ tho this is 'directory' it is saying 'hard link', which you are trying to do. and another reason to save rsync output. plus if you do not have to have hard links... also, check your logs. something could be showing up there. - -- tc,hago. g . without fences, who needs gates. - --. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mandriva - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIHqJiQCGYa6nWX2MRAvziAKDJa4df4pdqTdXCmerYtvCY8SVmOQCg5JR9 dIkM4+4UM2SPtkXdGZhqq2U= =7aLK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list