On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 09:24 +0800, Low, Alex wrote: > We do have a situation now where we need rsync to transfer the files > once only from the source directory. Please let me briefly explain > > using a simple generic exmple: > > 1. At t0, we transfer f0 location A to location B > > 2. At t1, 10 new files are added to Location A > > Therefore, rysnc faithfully transfers all 10 new files to location B > > At location B, we now have f0 to f10. > > 3. At t2, f0 to f3 are deleted from location B, and we don’t ever want > the deleted files to be copied again from location A > > 4. At t3, rysnc waits up, transfers files f0 and f10 again plus any > new files that may have been added. > > So, at location B, we end with the deleted files f0 to f3 again. > > Can you please think of a way we can soft-switch rsync NOT to do step > 4 above ?
As a stateless one-way mirroring tool, rsync doesn't support that (unless you count --remove-source-files). If you could provide some more insight into your workflow, I might be able to come up with a suitable alternative approach. -- Matt -- 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
