Thanks for the response. I tried a few simple tests myself and it does indeed appear to work. Seems like a few years ago I was able to reproduce the behavior described at http://defindit.com/readme_files/rsync_backup.html which says that if you use a trailing slash then --delete won't delete top-level directories. Maybe it's been fixed with newer rsync's, or maybe I was confused all along? Either way, it appears to work.
-BJ Quinn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Korb" <k...@sanitarium.net> To: rsync@lists.samba.org Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 2:14:53 PM Subject: Re: rsync, trailing slash, and --delete -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 delete will still work. On 08/11/11 15:06, BJ Quinn wrote: > I'm trying to rsync a folder like so - > > rsync -aP --delete /home/share_20110801 /lastbackup/share > > Under the /lastbackup folder there is a "share" folder. I'd like to > rsync all the contents of the "share _20110801" folder directly under > the the "share" folder under /lastbackup. I know I can add the trailing > slash to the source directory to accomplish this, but then as I > understand it --delete won't work in that top-level directories deleted > in the source won't be deleted in the destination. Is there any way to > rsync from a folder to a differently named folder without breaking --delete? > > Thanks! > > -BJ Quinn > - -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk5EKiwACgkQVKC1jlbQAQfYugCeKmQDv/DCVCq/ScGsfQZYqq/L SqAAmwRq4TvotRI0bP8Dwm6KSfNLtt3Y =Yv5o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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
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