rsync hardlink attempt copies

Question

I've tried setting up a script to hardlink my files to my box.com account (as it's a backup of my music library). As I want to run it automatically to sync my music across several devices, I wanted to use rsync as I'm on Mac OS X 10.7.4 (if anyone cares).

The script I came up with however only copies the files instead of hardlinking them (the available disc space lowers when I start the script). What I'm trying to achieve is the box.com app syncing something outside its actual folder.

I already RTFMed and googled but I can't come up with a proper solution so I hope you guys could help me. This is the script I use:

rsync -azluPhmt --progress --link-dest=./iTunes ./iTunes/Users/admin/Box.com/iTunes --delete-during --exclude="*Album Artwork*"

Answer 1

According to the rsync man page section for --link-dest=DIR,

If DIR is a relative path, it is relative to the destination directory.

I am guessing that you assumed it would be relative to the current working directory. You probably meant to write:

rsync -azluPhmt --progress --link-dest="$PWD/iTunes" …