Kulkarni Shantanu (m...@lists.shantanukulkarni.org) wrote on 30 September 2010 22:05: >I am using rsync v.3.0.7 (protocol v30) on ubuntu 10.04. >My rsync line looks like this, > >cd /home/shantanu/ >rsync -av --files-from=bin/include-to-rsync.dat /home/shantanu/ \ > /media/transcend/backup_laptop/shantanu/ > >include-to-rsync had directories in this format, >bank/ >dwhelper/ >clients/ > >When I ran the script I noticed that a files in bank/10-11 were not >getting synced. Upon adding "-r" with "-av" the files got synced >properly. I think when one supplies "-a", "-r" is implied. I >reconfirmed this from man-page where it says "-a" is equal to >"-rlptgoD". > >Am I missing anything from the man-page for this?
The man page entry for -a is pretty clear: "The only exception to the above equivalence is when --files-from is specified, in which case -r is not implied". -- 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
