On 31/10/12 11:38, Voelker, Bernhard wrote:
Sebastian Arcus wrote (Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:18 PM):
Reading the manual page: "This tells rsync not to delete more than NUM
files or directories." Also, according to docs, rsync exits with code 25
if max-delete has been reached. Now, rsync starts with the deletes by
default, and then it does updates.
My question is, if --max-delete has been reached, does rsync still
proceed with the updates (not the deletes), or just exists immediately
with code 25 without doing any updates? The man page doesn't specify
either way, and looking at online posts, it would seem to suggest it
exits as soon as max-delete has been reached.
From trying, I'd say it continues with updating
(for whatever case that would make sense ...):
Sorry to get back to this, but I have spent more time reading the latest
version of the manual, and I've stumbled over this:
"The --delete option may be combined with one of the --delete-WHEN
options without conflict, as well as --delete-excluded. However, if none
of the --delete-WHEN options are specified, rsync will choose the
--delete-during algorithm when talking to rsync 3.0.0 or newer, ..."
And --delete-during has this to say for itself:
"Request that the file-deletions on the receiving side be done
incrementally *as the transfer happens*. "
While --max-delete has this:
"This tells rsync not to delete more than NUM files or directories. If
that limit is exceeded, a warning is output and rsync exits with an
error code of 25 (new for 3.0.0)."
Now, if I read all of the above correctly, it would imply that rsync
gives up on the transfer as soon as it reaches the --max-delete limit
and does not finish the updates either (in default mode, when
--delete-during is implied).
Can anybody confirm if this is correct please, or I'm interpreting the
man page the wrong way around? I need to know what is actually happening
with my backups, and if they are being finished correctly - even when
--max-delete is being reached.
Sebastian
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