Hi. I'm having a problem with rsync not deleting subdirectories that exist at the destination but which have been removed/renamed on the source. I'm running 64-bit Arch, rsync 3.0.7, and am trying to back up /home to an external USB drive. Both drives are JFS. Example, where /media/8c4d270d-6139-4fed-8a32-2df8d28acdf3/ is the mount point for the external drive on which a back-up already exists:
m...@robots mike]$ pwd /media/8c4d270d-6139-4fed-8a32-2df8d28acdf3/mike [m...@robots mike]$ mkdir deleteme1 [m...@robots mike]$ cd deleteme1/ [m...@robots deleteme1]$ touch deleteme1.txt [m...@robots deleteme1]$ cd ../Desktop [m...@robots Desktop]$ mkdir deleteme2 [m...@robots Desktop]$ cd deleteme2/ [m...@robots deleteme2]$ touch deleteme2.txt [m...@robots deleteme2]$ rsync -avn --delete /home/mike/ /media/8c4d270d-6139-4fed-8a32-2df8d28acdf3/mike | grep deletem deleting deleteme1/deleteme1.txt deleting deleteme1/ [m...@robots deleteme2]$ What I would expect is for deleteme1 and 2 to both be deleted, but rsync is not deleting directories outside of the top level of the backup. For example, if I specify only the desktop, the second directory I created above is deleted: [m...@robots deleteme2]$ cd ../ [m...@robots Desktop]$ rsync -avn --delete /home/mike/Desktop/ /media/8c4d270d-6139-4fed-8a32-2df8d28acdf3/mike/Desktop | grep deletem deleting deleteme2/deleteme2.txt deleting deleteme2/ I've also tried with --force and various forms of --delete (--delete-after and so on). Before posting here I rtfm'd and confirmed (hopefully) that my usage is correct. So, I apologize if I'm just doing something wrong (but I'd appreciate being corrected). -- 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
