Thanks, Cameron! > If you are using a CIFS share, does that mean the far end is not a UNIX > filesystem? The -S (sparse) option is only useful if the backend can store > sparse files, otherwise the backend will just store lots of blocks of zeroes > (presuming you really have sparse files). The filesystem is a "high-end" IFS filesystem according to our systems administrator. (I have no idea what an IFS filesystem is.) > > Is the source kmeans directory full of hard links (not symlinks)? If so, rsync > will not preserve hard links without the -H option (even with -a) and > regardless I do not know if CIFS supports making hard links or if your backend > supports hard links). No, there are no hard links. Only a few files at the top level and about 4 directories with lots of files in them. > If the far end is windows, certainly sparse files will no longer be sparse at > the far end. This kind of thing is one reason we get so picky when getting > employers to order NASes; we asked for a QNAP (cheap, useful, Linux backend) > and they wanted to order Microsoft's storage thingummy, which would have broken > all sorts of stuff just like what you're encountering. I suspect that that is what has happened here: the stuff is too high-end to be of any use. > >Does anyone have an explanation and solution for the above? I apologize again for the largely OT nature of this post. > > Seems on topic to me. Thanks! > Does anything above assist? Yes, it does, at least providing a possible explanation. I don't think it would make any difference if we tar'ed the file over to the cifs share and then untarred, would it? Many thanks again! Best wishes, Ranjan ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
