Hi,
N.B. rsync version 2.6.2 on Linux, no rsync server, using SSH
THE PROBLEM
rsync --delete --files-from=<FILES_ON_MASTER_TO_BE_DEL_AND_NOT_ON_SECONDARY> -e ssh -... <SECONDARY_HOST>:<BASEDIR> <BASEDIR>
generates error:
receiving file list ... link_stat "<EXAMPLE_FILE_NOT_ON_SECONDARY" failed: No such file or directory
and does not have the desired effect of deleting the remote file EXAMPLE_FILE_NOT_ON_SECONDARY on the MASTER host.
Looking around it would appear --delete works upon directory updates, but there is nothing in the documentation that indicates that options in the example above cannot be used in this way.
Can anybody suggest alternative strategies to achieve a similar effect?
THE BACKGROUND
In lieu of bidirectional synchronisation capabilities I am approximating with:
Full:
* Full rsync with --delete from master to secondary after doing an incremental.
Incremental:
* Update secondary to master with --files-from based on secondary find . -newer <marker from full sync>
* Update master to secondary with --files-from based on master find . -newer <marker from full sync>
I wish to enhance this to try a limit transient files on the secondary migrating to the master by accumulating the list of files created / updated on the secondary, and if these were subsequently deleted on the secondary then any copies propogated to the master should be deleted, so:
* (after incremental) update secondary to master with --delete and --files-from based on secondary accumulation
Thanks for any help,
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