A quick look at the code reveals that --include-symbolic-links is just the mirror option to --exclude-symbolic-links, and is just part of the include/exclude file selection machinery. That is, you can choose to never back up symlink files by using --exclude-symbolic-links. Why you would ever want to use --include-symbolic-links is a good question, since they will be picked up just like normal files in a regular include.
There doesn't appear to be a mechanism to request that rdiff-backup _follow_ symbolic links. I believe that to back up the linked directories you will have to include them using their real path name. But the symlink is still going to point to the original filesystem. In other words, rdiff-backup is doing a literal copy of the symlink, so that if copied back it will still be pointing to where it was originally pointing. The symlink itself is the data being backed up when it is encountered. --David _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
