Hello, I'm trying to build a bullet-proof rsync deployment, using rsync version 3.0.8 protocol version 30, and I'll be using the --delete option. As a way of limiting any catastrophic losses I'm thinking about using --max-delete. I have a couple of questions:
- If the maximum number of deletions occurs, will rsync keep chugging away, copying over files to my destination, but just not delete any further? In that way, perfectly legitimate rync commands will work to completion, only they will just stop deleting excess files. - Does the deletion occur in a depth-first fashion? So if we have top level folders top/a/ top/b/ top/c/ and we have a runaway deletion, begining at top/, will it first delete everything in top/a, then top/b. etc. until it hits the max-delete number? I have other measures in place to make sure none of this happens. I just wanted to understand the worst-case scenario. -- "Speech, not just for humans" http://www.google.com/profiles/egilchri about.me/ted.gilchrist
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