On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 20:41 -0500, Matt McCutchen wrote: > On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 17:29 -0800, js_spamfree-rs...@yahoo.com wrote: > > test command: > > rsync -avm --del --prune-empty-dirs > > --compare-dest=/Users/generic/Desktop/B /Users/generic/Desktop/A/ > > /Users/generic/Desktop/C > > > > produces a large number of directories and nested directories on the > > destination that are empty. i've tried tweaking so many different > > combinations of options i'm beginning to lose track! none of them > > produce the proper result in the destination directory. > > This is a known issue: > > http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2009-October/023981.html
On second thought, that reference does not completely answer your question. With --compare-dest, rsync skips the creation of files in the destination if they are matched in the --compare-dest dir, but the files are not actually removed from the file list. Thus, --prune-empty-dirs sees the directories as nonempty and does not prune them. --compare-dest is a transfer rule in the sense described here: http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2009-April/023108.html Given that the directories aren't pruned, one might still hope they would be skipped because they are matched in the --compare-dest dir (at least if --omit-dir-times is on). Why that doesn't happen is the subject of the reference I originally gave. -- 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
