AutoSYNC Software User's Guide (Update 18)
OSS File Synchronization
HP AutoSYNC User’s Guide—522580-019
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Links
By default, when ALLSYMLINKS is specified, a symbolic link is synchronized also
when the symbolic link points outside the synchronization file set. In this case, the
symbolic link may point to a file that does not exist. A message is written to the
logfile:
When NO ALLSYMLINKS is specified, AutoSYNC does not synchronize a
symbolic link that points outside the synchronization file set. In this case the link is
skipped and a message is written to the logfile:
When a symbolic link is synchronized, the content of the link, which is the name of the
linked object, is changed in the destination file set as follows:
If the symbolic link points outside the synchronization file set, the content of the
symbolic link is not changed
If the symbolic link points inside the synchronization file set and the linked name is
an absolute pathname, then the source file set name portion of the linked name is
replaced with the destination file set portion. The linked name is not changed when
it is not an absolute name.
Ownership of Symbolic Links
By default, the ownership of a symbolic link cannot be changed. See Ownership of
Symbolic Links on page 5-7 for details.
Modification Timestamp of Symbolic Links
The modification timestamp is set differently for symbolic links:
1. The modification timestamp of a symbolic link is its creation timestamp.
2. The modification timestamp does not change when the file it points to changes.
This means that the source and destination timestamps of a symbolic link never match,
causing AutoSYNC to use different criteria to determine if a symbolic link requires
synchronization. A symbolic link is synchronized only under the following conditions:
If the symbolic link does not exist on the destination system.
If the destination modification timestamp is older than the source modification
timestamp.
If the linked file, the file the link points to, is different in the destination (source link
points to file B but destination link points to file A).
File not in source file set, synchronizing uncontained
symbolic link.
File not in source file set, symbolic link not
synchronized.