As stated in rsync's man page, the -a (archive) switch is equivalent to -rlptgoD. However, I have a situation where I don't want symbolic links retained. Is there any way to keep using the -a switch and prevent copying of symbolic links? I could write -rptgoD every time, but it's a bit long.
Linux – Using rsync’s archive flag without copying symbolic links
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Best Answer
Try the following:
or, the slightly shorter:
Note that the
--no-links/--no-lswitch must come after the-aswitch on the command line, otherwise the--linksimplied by-ais turned back on again.