In <4f7cf7e1.5070...@sohnen-moe.com>, on 04/04/12 at 06:39 PM, James Moe <ji...@sohnen-moe.com> said:
Hi James, Please reply to the list so that others may participate. > Neither, or both, of those options seem to meet my requirement. > --existing, "skip creating new files on receiver", appears to be >counterproductive for synchronizing. As I said, it depends on how you define synchronize. There are times when I need to bring the existing files into sync while not adding any new files. This is where --existing is useful. The result is the files are synchronized, although the resulting file sets might not be identical. > But I still see no way to update the sender's files if the receiver's >files are newer. Would I have to run another rsync session with the >sender and receiver reversed? Yes. I neglected to mention it because I considered it obvious. Sorry about that. Rsync is basically a very smart copy command. Rsync can be made act like a move command with the --remove-source-files, but this a special case. BTW, don't forget to drop the --delete from the command lines. Regards, Steven -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Steven Levine" <stev...@earthlink.net> eCS/Warp/DIY etc. www.scoug.com www.ecomstation.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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
