I've been using rsync to backup to a flash drive but it's not
performing exactly as I expected.
The man page says:
--delete delete extraneous files from dest dirs
A section of the backup script is so:
Params=(-a --inplace --delete);
Flash=/sda/rpi4b
cd /home/mike
[ ! -d $Flash/mike ] && mkdir $Flash/mike;
# exclude compressed files and the contents of most of the .* directories
/mc/bin/mk_rsync_exclude.sh
echo /usr/bin/rsync $Params --exclude-from=/home/mike/.rsync_exclude .
$Flash/mike
/usr/bin/rsync $Params --exclude-from=/home/mike/.rsync_exclude . $Flash/mike ||
echo rsync $Params --exclude-from=/home/mike/.rsync_exclude . $Flash/mike
Failed $? ;
If I delete a file from my home directory then backup over last
week's copy the deleted file stays in the backup directory and these
build up over time.
Am I misusing rsync or am I just not understanding how it works?
Thanks,
Mike
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