thank you for the help, Wayne & Doug. It works now. it was indeed the shell expansion I didn't correctly understand It's indeed the first time I come across the ./ parameter
Bye Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne Davison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 13:25:54 -0700 (PDT) To: g dm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Rsync --delete does not work > On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, g dm wrote: > > rsync -a --delete * /data/exp_dir > > So, what did I do wrong? > > You're sending a list of files, not a directory (since '*' is expanded > by the shell into a list of files). The --delete option only works on > a directory-to-directory transfer, so try using this instead: > > rsync -a --delete ./ /data/exp_dir > > ..wayne.. > > -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Save up to $160 by signing up for NetZero Platinum Internet service. http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=N2P0602NEP8 -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
