Hi Kevin, Thank you very much for the response. Actually, I don't think I need to clean the backup dir defined in --backup-dir=<backup dir>, when the contents has already been deleted in the destination (no exist), it will delete from the backup dir as well in next cycle, correct?
Regards, - j On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Kevin Korb <k...@sanitarium.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Obviously you can ssh an rm -rf. Alternatively, if you are in a > restricted environment where you are only allowed to use rsync you can > rsync --delete an empty directory to it. > > On 02/03/2016 08:33 PM, jupiter wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am runing rsync --backup --backup-dir=$BACKUPDIR where the > > BACKUPDIR=$(date +%d) to recycle the $BACKUPDIR in a month. But > > rsync does not clean the $BACKUPDIR before writing to it in > > cycling. > > > > I guess you have to clean it manually before the rsync can write to > > it. As my $BACKUPDIR is in remote machine, do you have to run ssh > > to delete it first before calling rsync in a script? Or if there is > > better parameter in rsync to automatically delete the old > > $BACKUPDIR, and create a new one? > > > > Thank you. > > > > - j > > > > > > - -- > ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._., > 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 > > iEYEARECAAYFAlayq9kACgkQVKC1jlbQAQenqQCggRskPs3HgH9Xp4vB1e+1I38d > kC4AoIih2r6jd0RqKGByLncVbfVHXLUQ > =O0W8 > -----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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