On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 11:04:23AM +0200, Paul Slootman wrote: > --files-from transferring the contents of a dir (i.e. including the > files in it) specified in the input, even though the files aren't > listed in the input.
That's as intended, since a trailing slash means "the contents of the directory". This is not unique to --files-from, but also happens when -d is specified and a directory on the command-line has a trailing slash (obviously -r must not be specified, or even deeper files would also be copied, not just the directory's immediate contents). The behavior was first introduced in 2.6.4 when --dirs (-d) was added. The man page mentions this behavior of a trailing slash in the --dirs section, and it mentions that --files-from implies --dirs. Unfortunately, the NEWS file for 2.6.4 didn't spell this out as a compatibility issue. ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
