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diff --git a/freeze-dir.sh b/freeze-dir.sh
index 81f4a6d..0a23b49 100755
--- a/freeze-dir.sh
+++ b/freeze-dir.sh
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 #########################################################################
 
 # This command makes a backup copy of a given directory into a backup
-# directory, tags it with the date and time, and uses rsync
-# intelligent features to avoid making superfluous copies of files
-# which are already backuped.
+# directory, tags it with the date and time, and uses rsync smart use
+# of hard links to avoid unnecessary duplicates of files already
+# backuped.
 
 set -e
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ while [[ "$1" ]]; do
 
     if [[ -h "${current_backup}" ]]; then
         rsync --link-dest="${current_backup}/" -axz "${full_path}/" "${new_backup}/"
-        rm -f "${current_backup}"
+        rm "${current_backup}"
     else
         if [[ -a ${current_backup} ]]; then
             echo "${current_backup} exists and is not a symbolic link" >&2
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ while [[ "$1" ]]; do
         fi
     fi
 
-    ln -s "${new_backup}" "${current_backup}"
+    ln -vs "${new_backup}" "${current_backup}"
 
     sync