Re: --compare-dest; I'm missing the boat

2009-01-17 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Sat, 2009-01-17 at 14:57 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > Matt McCutchen writes: > > You know, there are two-way synchronization tools such as unison > > ( http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ ) that are designed for > > this situation and would make your job much easier. > > I was experimen

Re: --compare-dest; I'm missing the boat

2009-01-17 Thread Harry Putnam
Matt McCutchen writes: >> And then try to sort through the output .. maybe run it in reverse and >> sort through that output before making a final determination. > > You know, there are two-way synchronization tools such as unison > ( http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ ) that are designe

Re: --compare-dest; I'm missing the boat

2009-01-17 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Sat, 2009-01-17 at 11:08 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > I keep a checked out module from cvs at /usr/local/common/base, that > contains the checked in versions of files in /cvsb > > Periodically I run rsync -blah /cvsb/ /usr/local/common/base > > Over writing the old cvs copies with new stuff.

Re: --compare-dest; I'm missing the boat

2009-01-17 Thread Harry Putnam
Matt McCutchen writes: > I think Harry's complaint is about the existence of the directories, not > the nonexistence of the files. Not much of a complaint really. I was just a bit puzzled at first. > I believe it's by design that rsync creates a directory (call it D) in > the destination even