On 10/31/2010 06:52 PM, Vahsen Beheer wrote: > On 31-10-2010 17:23, Edvinas Valatka wrote: >> Hi Vansen :) The 'p' in '-!pr' only needed, if directory >> remote-host::Backups/daily.20101030-0155 is not empty. >> >> Workaround: rsync -d --del /tmp/empty-dir/ >> remote-host::Backups/daily.20101030-0155/ rsync -ndv -f '-!r >> /daily.20101030-0155' --del /tmp/empty_dir/ remote-host::Backups/ >> > Hi again Edvinas, and thanks a lot!!! > > I finally managed to delete a remote empty directory now! I > simplified my request a bit though, and need to delete a > subdirectory of the module. > > Analogue to the above I tried: > > rsync -ndv -f '-!r /subdir/daily.20101030-0155' --del > /tmp/empty_dir/ remote-host::Backups/subdir > > This however does not delete anything. What am i missing? >
"-n" means "dry-run", no real action will be performed :). Hope found one-line solution: rsync -ndivv -f 'R /daily.20101030-0155/**' -f '-!r /daily.20101030-0155' --del /tmp/empty_dir/ remote-host::Backups/ -- 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
