Wayne Davison wrote:
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> On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 04:49:15PM -0700, Eric Whiting wrote:
> > rsync (2.5.[67]) --delete fails on dirs with the w bit cleared. (example below)
> > Rsync will sync a dir with w bit clear, but will not remove it with --delete.
>
> It's actually debatable what the correct
On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 04:49:15PM -0700, Eric Whiting wrote:
> rsync (2.5.[67]) --delete fails on dirs with the w bit cleared. (example below)
> Rsync will sync a dir with w bit clear, but will not remove it with --delete.
It's actually debatable what the correct behavior is in this case.
Using
I still get the same error with --force --delete.
There needs to be a chmod on dir before the files and dir can be deleted.
eric
Tim Conway wrote:
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> --force force deletion of directories even if
> not empty
>
> SunOS 5.8 Last change: 26 Jan 2003
--force force deletion of directories even if
not empty
SunOS 5.8 Last change: 26 Jan 20037
User Commandsrsync(1)
That should do it.
Tim Conway
Unix System Administration
Contractor - IBM Global
