If I have a directory exposed over a SAMBA share and a user, from either a Linux or Windows system, moves a file from one place to another on that share, does SAMBA know to ask the operating system for a move operation and keep the inode number?Similarly does renaming a file on a SAMBA share keep the inode number consistent?Bonus question that might need to be its own question: I use rsync to create differencing backups within the server (CentOS 7) from the device to a different backup device. Can the differencing backup track inode numbers on the device and the backup, to itself correctly track the file move/rename?
Does a file move operation over SAMBA preserve the inode number?
rsync;backup;samba;inode