On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:47:29AM -0400, Kenneth Jacker wrote: > >From rsync(1): > > --delete delete extraneous files from dest dirs > --delete-before receiver deletes before transfer (default) > > --delete-during receiver deletes during xfer, not before > --delete-after receiver deletes after transfer, not before >
--delete is --delete-after . --del is --delete-during . Originally there were only --delete-before and --delete-after . Thus the "default" (--delete) became --delete-after as it is the safer of the two. --delete-during was added later on. It is normally the one you'd like to use. To make it easier (but still not brak semantics), they added the option --del that means --delete-during . Unless the server is too old to support --delete-during , just use --del . If it is too old, you'll simply get a syntax error message saying so. -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
