rsync must get all packages when they are in other directory

[mfaridi]

I use this command for get packages for Arch Linux ,

rsync -avrt -c -u --bwlimit=18 rsync://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/archlinux/community/os/any/ /home/narges/i686

this command download are packages are in this directory

community/os/any/

and put them to

/home/narges/i686

but when I go to

/home/narges/i686

and run this command

ls -la

I see this

lrwxrwxrwx   1 narges  wheel          52 Nov 29 15:30 zvbi-0.2.33-3-i686.pkg.tar.xz -> ../../../pool/packages/zvbi-0.2.33-3-i686.pkg.tar.xz

So I see zvbi-0.2.33-3-i686.pkg.tar.xz is not in this directory

community/os/any/

and I can find this packages in this directory

pool/packages/

but rsync does not download this packages from

pool/packages/

and only make for me link and guide me I can find this package in

pool/packages/

How I can tell rsync if it can not find packages in current directory go that directory too ?

I want rsync download all packages are in

any

and rsync download packages are in

pool

directories if need ?

 

[gordon@]

Man pages for the win. From the rsync() man page:

-L, --copy-links

When symlinks are encountered, the item that they point to (the referent) is copied, rather than the symlink. In older versions of rsync, this option also had the side-effect of telling the receiving side to follow symlinks, such as symlinks to directories. In a modern rsync such as this one, you'll need to specify --keep-dirlinks (-K) to get this extra behavior. The only exception is when sending files to an rsync that is too old to understand -K -- in that case, the -L option will still have the side-effect of -K on that older receiving rsync.

 

[mfaridi]

Man pages for the win. From the rsync() man page:

I do not know why

-L

option does not work , and packages are in pool directory are not get with rsync
I use rsync like this

rsync -avrt -L -c -u --progress --bwlimit=75 rsync://mirror.datacenter.by/arch/multilib/os/i686/