Hi. I've been having a frustrating problem with rsync that I'm looking for advice on.
My goal is to syncronize a set of servers with the same libraries, binaries, and main configuration files without touching the unique data that exists on the indivudual servers. My --exclude-from file is rather extensive but it works great when pulling from a daemon. I'm able to start an rsync daemon on any of the indivudual servers and pull the system libraries and binaries to a test box without pulling the unique data on the server. As I'm trying to move this into production, I've started rsync daemons on the individual servers, and then on my build server, I run an rsync in dry-run mode to push /platform out to one of the servers. Any new or modified files are noticed by the rsync daemon and would be pushed out, but even though I'm using --delete, files "that don't exist on the sending side" are not deleted. My rsyncd.conf on the individual servers is simple: [platform] path = / use chroot = no read only = no uid = root gid = root hosts allow = n.n.n.n/m The command line I use when pushing is slightly longer: build# rsync -a -vvv -n --delete --exclude-from rsync.excludes /platform/ individual.server::platform As I mentioned, this works great for new files and modified files. If /platform/etc/dir and /platform/etc/dir/file are created on the build server, /etc/dir and /etc/dir/file will be created on the individual server. However, if /etc/dir/tmp is created on an invididual server, the next rsync push from the build server will NOT list it as marked for deletion, even when using --delete. Does --delete only work when *pulling* from a server? If so, do I have any options for doing what I'm trying to do without running a daemon on the build server and pulling from the individual servers? If any of this is unclear, please let me know and I'll be more than happy to clarify. Thanks very much for any assistance. -- john -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
