Matt McCutchen <m...@mattmccutchen.net> writes:
[...] >> d1a is carbon copy of d1 but still every last file in d1 is copied to >> d2. > > Two paragraphs later in the man page: > > "If DIR is a relative path, it is relative to the destination > directory." > > So you should use: > > rsync -avv --compare-dest="../d1a" d1/ d2/ Ackk, sorry, thats such a hefty manpage I went sluggo on the reading. I do get quite a different result following your suggestion. It does lead to some more confusion on my part... explained below. [...] Michal Soltys <sol...@ziu.info> writes: [...] > If you specify DIR as a relative link, it will be taken as relative to > destination dir. That's probably the culprit here. Yup. One thing remains that seem not to follow the ideas from the man page. There are a number of single files in d1, and 1 subdirectory. That subdir has several more subdir and a number of files under it. Of course the copy of d1 done with `cp -a' takes that subdir and all its contents right along to the copy. d1 and the copy d1a are identical mirrors. Yet when I run: rsync -avv --compare-dest="../d1a" d1/ d2/ The subdirectory (named `new') and any subdirectories under it are copied over, but none of the files. In other words the full directory structure minus any plain files. ls -d d1/*/ d1/new/ ls -d d1a/*/ d1a/new/ ls d2/ new -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
