[rdiff-backup-users] [PATCH] Log symlink creation

[Gordon Rowell]

Has anyone looked at storing symlink metadata separately for filesystems
which don't support symlinks? In particular, when backing up to a CIFS
fileystem. This currently logs a SpecialFileError, which is not surprising.

Thanks,

Gordon

diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' rdiff-backup-1.1.7/rdiff_backup/rpath.py 
mezzanine_patched_rdiff-backup-1.1.7/rdiff_backup/rpath.py
--- rdiff-backup-1.1.7/rdiff_backup/rpath.py    2006-11-13 14:08:42.000000000 
+1100
+++ mezzanine_patched_rdiff-backup-1.1.7/rdiff_backup/rpath.py  2006-11-16 
14:32:42.891212804 +1100
@@ -884,6 +884,7 @@
 
        def symlink(self, linktext):
                """Make symlink at self.path pointing to linktext"""
+               log.Log("Symbolic linking %s to %s" % (self.path, linktext), 6)
                self.conn.os.symlink(linktext, self.path)
                self.setdata()
                assert self.issym()