Does rsync -L tag use target name or host name

Question

I have a directory on a files on 2 different partitions, as i need these hardlinked rather than symlinked when they are rsync'd to my client server, does the -L option use the target name or the host name of the file ..

i.e. my symlink looks like:

file_a.txt_ahahagj -> /usr/local/etc/file_a.txt

does it use: file_a.txt_ahahagj or file_a.txt

i need it to use file_a.txt_ahahagj if anyone knows how to do this it would be great

Answer 1

Rsync -L does work for this scenario it will use the target name when syncing.