On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 04:49:15PM -0700, Eric Whiting wrote: > rsync (2.5.[67]) --delete fails on dirs with the w bit cleared. (example below) > Rsync will sync a dir with w bit clear, but will not remove it with --delete.
It's actually debatable what the correct behavior is in this case. Using "rm -rf" on that same directory tree would also fail, so rsync is currently behaving in a consistent manner with other unix/linux tools. I'm inclined to leave it that way. ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
