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Is there any output?  How about with an additional -v ?

Is there a .rsync-filter file anywhere?

On 01/28/13 17:02, Stewart Jeacocke wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to copy some directories with rsync and would like to 
> delete files from the destination if they no longer exist in the 
> source.
> 
> I'm using the following command:
> 
> rsync -v --archive --hard-links --delete --force 
> --filter=':/.rsync-filter' /opt/ /mnt/backup/opt/
> 
> /opt does not contain any files the destination contains one file
> 
> stewart@attobeast:/etc$ ls /mnt/backup/opt/ test-file
> 
> after running the rsync command I would expect test-file to have
> been deleted but it isn't. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious
> in the man page that explains this behaviour but I can't figure it
> out. Can anyone enlighten me?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Stewart
> 

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