On 2020-10-01 14:09, CL Junk wrote: > I am, using rsync 3.1.3. The source and target drives are on the same system so > there is no issue of mismatched versions. Huh! Well, that is very weird indeed. Could you be running into this? https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/193308/how-to-get-rsync-to-link-identical-files-with-link-dest-option-if-an-old-file But the only way that could happen is if $BASE/$NOW exists and has files in it, which should not be happening. It's a big mystery. Regards, Dianne. To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org