On Wed, 15 Apr 2015 02:48:13 -0400, Kevin Korb wrote: > Technically no, practically kinda... > Deleting files only works when you are syncing a directory. If you > specify every file to copy then you aren't actually syncing anything and > there is nothing for --delete to do. So, --delete will only work if > your files-from file is a list of directories rather that files. > > OTOH, you are probably actually looking for the --delete-missing-args > option which is a fairly new feature.
Thanks a lot for your hints. Regards -- .: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :. -- 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