# whether config protection or not, we merge the new file the
# same way. Unless moveme=0 (blocking directory)
if moveme:
- hardlink_key = (mymd5, mystat.st_size,
+ # Do not hardlink files unless they are in the same
+ # directory, since otherwise tar may not be able to
+ # extract a tarball of the resulting hardlinks due to
+ # 'Invalid cross-device link' errors (depends on layout of
+ # mount points). Also, don't hardlink zero-byte files since
+ # it doesn't save any space.
+ parent_dir = os.path.dirname(myrealdest)
+ print "parent_dir", parent_dir
+ hardlink_key = (parent_dir, mymd5, mystat.st_size,
mystat.st_mode, mystat.st_uid, mystat.st_gid)
hardlink_candidates = self._md5_merge_map.get(hardlink_key)
if hardlink_candidates is None:
hardlink_candidates = []
- self._md5_merge_map[hardlink_key] = hardlink_candidates
+ if mystat.st_size != 0:
+ self._md5_merge_map[hardlink_key] = hardlink_candidates
mymtime = movefile(mysrc, mydest, newmtime=thismtime,
sstat=mystat, mysettings=self.settings,
hardlink_candidates=hardlink_candidates)