>>>>> " " == andreas haupt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello, I'm new to rsync and just about to explore its
> possibilities.
> Is it possible to use rsync for what I would call a negative
> sync by which I mean:
> delete all the files on the remote site which exist on the
> local site and keep whatever exists only on the remote site?
> Ie. make the local and remote site really distinct without any
> files in common?
> I acknowledge that this probably is contrary to the very
> purpose of rsync but I was just wondering whether this is
> possible with a clever combination of the options, maybe two
> rsync commands in a row?
find . -fprint0 | ssh remote xargs -0 rm -f
Of cause that only matches the filename, not the contents.
MfG
Goswin