rsync links to point on a new destination

Asked Sep 25 '20 at 09:13

Active Sep 25 '20 at 12:05

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I need to copy directory structure from one place to another. I need to copy only folders and symlinks.

I use command

find $SOURCE_PATH/ \( -type l -o -type d \)  -printf "%P\0" | rsync --files-from - --from0 -av  $SOURCE_PATH $USER@$DESTINATION_SERVER:/$DESTINATION_PATH/$SOURCE_PATH

Command is successful and it copy folder and links. My problem is because links point to the old destination.
my source path is app/cg/dev and destination path is tmp/app/cg/dev and now my links which i copied are pointing to app/cg/dev/somefolder . i need them to point on tmp/app/cg/dev/somefolder.

After i rsync all links, good way to correct them would be if i could read link path and than just concatenate my destination path. example

find . -type l | while read l; do
concatenate destination folder and readlink l
done

can someone help me write that code?

edited Sep 25 '20 at 12:05

asked Sep 25 '20 at 09:13

Matovina Igor

Did the original symlinks point to an absolute or relative path? – AdminBee Sep 25 '20 at 09:20
@AdminBee absolute, i rsync that structure, that folders and links are connected – Matovina Igor Sep 25 '20 at 10:36
Maybe you could convert absolute symbolic links to relative ones in the source and then recopy? – Chris Davies Sep 25 '20 at 10:43
@roaima no i cannot do that. is there maybe option that instead rsync i create new link – Matovina Igor Sep 25 '20 at 11:39
Several of the answers on that link I've provided do seem to handle conversion of the symlinks in the manner that you say you need – Chris Davies Sep 25 '20 at 12:16
@roaima ok i recreated links on new destination , thanks everyone – Matovina Igor Sep 30 '20 at 12:33

rsync links to point on a new destination

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