rsync - Oct 2004 - check "--link-dest" directory first

I use rsync to backup several servers to harddisk on a backupserver.
To save space i use the --link-dest option which creates a hardlink to 
the file of the last backup if the file hasn?t changed.

If a file already exists in the destination directory then an maybe 
existing file in the --link-dest directory is ignored.
The existing file will be overwritten with the new version regardless 
whether the new version allready exists in the --link-dest directory.

Is there a way to mak rsync check for existing files in the --link-dest 
directory first?
(something like a --check-linkdest-first option)

regards
norbert

On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 10:45:52AM +0200, Norbert Wild
wrote:
> Is there a way to mak rsync check for existing files in the --link-dest 
> directory first?
No, not at the moment.  You might want to check into the BackupPC
software (that uses the rsync protocol) and see if that is something
that might be a better match for what you're trying to do.  It is
linked on the resources page of the rsync website.

..wayne..