On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 11:55:43AM -0800, Jeff Kennedy wrote:
> /usr/local/bin/rsync -avz --delete /rebel-sdc/assp420 /rebel-sdc01/
>
> and
>
> /usr/local/bin/rsync -avz --delete /rebel-sdc/assp420/ /rebel-sdc01/
>
> Obviously the easy answer is the "/" at the end of the source tree, but
> what is the difference to rsync? The reason I ask is that I used the
> second version and proceeded to removed everything in the target
> directory. There are other assp* directories under the source and
> target trees that I want to make identical (assp410, assp430, etc.). So
> under /rebel-sdc01 there are several directory structures. Using the
> second version of the command it removed everything under /rebel-sdc01
> and put all the data under assp420 there; I wanted it to just put
> assp420 under it.
>From the man page:
a trailing slash on the source changes this behavior to
transfer all files from the directory src/bar on the
machine foo into the /data/tmp/. A trailing / on a source
name means "copy the contents of this directory". Without
a trailing slash it means "copy the directory". This dif-
ference becomes particularly important when using the
--delete option.
- Dave Dykstra
