Re: BUG? rsync ends without message by delete files

2024-02-07 Thread Kevin Korb via rsync
now it sounds like you have too many hard links for rsync to handle. On 2/7/24 08:05, Franke via rsync wrote: Am 06.02.24 um 23:20 schrieb Roland: and then, it stops totally quiet. you mean it simply exits without any message? Yes rsync ends totally quit. what's the return code ( echo $?

Re: BUG? rsync ends without message by delete files

2024-02-06 Thread Roland via rsync
here is another report of this behaviour. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/754923/rsync-just-stops nothing appropriate in bugzilla, besides https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13317 do you use zfs or is there full-space/quota condition while running? if you can't resolve, please

Re: BUG? rsync ends without message by delete files

2024-02-06 Thread Roland via rsync
and then, it stops totally quiet. you mean it simply exits without any message? what's the return code ( echo $? ) roland Am 06.02.24 um 22:18 schrieb Franke via rsync: Hi Kevin, Am 06.02.24 um 20:55 schrieb Kevin Korb: The other likely cause is your $SOURCE being something that contains a

Re: BUG? rsync ends without message by delete files

2024-02-06 Thread Kevin Korb via rsync
via rsync Subject: BUG? rsync ends without message by delete files Hi! Is this a bug, or did I miss a setting? When synchronizing and deleting files, rsync (version 3.2.7 protocol version 31 AND before) simply stops whitout comments. No error, no message, nothing in the syslog. Rsync works nor

[Bug 13388] New: Feature request: When deleting files only delete files that are over a certain age.

2018-04-16 Thread just subscribed for rsync-qa from bugzilla via rsync
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13388 Bug ID: 13388 Summary: Feature request: When deleting files only delete files that are over a certain age. Product: rsync Version: 3.1.3 Hardware: All OS

[Bug 6307] "rsync --remove-source-files foo/ foo/" should not delete files

2015-06-28 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6307 --- Comment #2 from tombosho...@gmail.com --- Same for me. No data loss here, but a bunch of work undeleting the files and moving them back to the right directories. Files should only be removed if they are actually copied to another location. --

Re: delete files

2011-11-22 Thread Brian K. White
On 11/22/2011 6:51 AM, Paul Slootman wrote: On Mon 21 Nov 2011, Brian K. White wrote: On 11/19/2011 9:04 AM, francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:49:18 +0100 "Brian K. White" wrote: nj2:/opt/x # rsync -avvvn --force --delete --include=/tmp --include=floof/ --exclude='*' /

Re: delete files

2011-11-22 Thread Paul Slootman
On Mon 21 Nov 2011, Brian K. White wrote: > On 11/19/2011 9:04 AM, francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: > > > >On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:49:18 +0100 "Brian K. White" wrote: > > > >>nj2:/opt/x # rsync -avvvn --force --delete --include=/tmp > >>--include=floof/ --exclude='*' /tmp/. co4::root/tmp/. > > > >D

Re: delete files

2011-11-21 Thread Brian K. White
On 11/21/2011 3:09 PM, Brian K. White wrote: > pushfile /path/to/thing > pushfile /path/to/thing host pushfile /path/to/thing OR pushfile /path/to/thing host -- bkw -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.

Re: delete files

2011-11-21 Thread Brian K. White
On 11/19/2011 9:04 AM, francis.montag...@inria.fr wrote: On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:49:18 +0100 "Brian K. White" wrote: nj2:/opt/x # rsync -avvvn --force --delete --include=/tmp --include=floof/ --exclude='*' /tmp/. co4::root/tmp/. Detail: /tmp being the "root of the transfer", "--include=/tmp"

Re: delete files

2011-11-19 Thread Francis . Montagnac
On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:49:18 +0100 "Brian K. White" wrote: > nj2:/opt/x # rsync -avvvn --force --delete --include=/tmp > --include=floof/ --exclude='*' /tmp/. co4::root/tmp/. Detail: /tmp being the "root of the transfer", "--include=/tmp" is wrong because it refers then to /tmp/tmp. I thing yo

RE: delete files

2011-11-16 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Brian K. White wrote: > ... Looks like it works, but only for files not directories. > > All I did was change: > rsync $OPTS --include=/$F --exclude='*' $P ${h}::root$P > to > rsync $OPTS --include=/$F --exclude='*' ${P}/. ${h}::root${P}/. > > And now if the file doesn't exist locally it is dele

Re: delete files

2011-11-15 Thread Brian K. White
On 11/15/2011 4:15 AM, Voelker, Bernhard wrote: Brian K. White wrote: On 11/14/2011 2:29 AM, Voelker, Bernhard wrote: rsync -avx --delete --include=/file --exclude='*' . host2:deltest/. This didn't work for me, although one difference is my script specifies a path instead of "." Does this on

RE: delete files

2011-11-15 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Brian K. White wrote: > On 11/14/2011 2:29 AM, Voelker, Bernhard wrote: > > rsync -avx --delete --include=/file --exclude='*' . host2:deltest/. > > This didn't work for me, although one difference is my script specifies > a path instead of "." Does this only work with literally "." in the > pla

Re: delete files

2011-11-14 Thread Brian K. White
On 11/14/2011 2:29 AM, Voelker, Bernhard wrote: rsync -avx --delete --include=/file --exclude='*' . host2:deltest/. This didn't work for me, although one difference is my script specifies a path instead of "." Does this only work with literally "." in the places above? My script parses the

Re: delete files

2011-11-14 Thread Brian K. White
On 11/14/2011 2:29 AM, Voelker, Bernhard wrote: Brian K. White wrote: Is there any way to specify a file to be deleted on the remote side explicitly by name? yes :-) user@host1:~/deltest> ls -a1 . .. a b c file user@host1:~/deltest> ssh host2 ls -a1 deltest . .. a b c file user@host1:~/del

RE: delete files

2011-11-13 Thread Voelker, Bernhard
Brian K. White wrote: > Is there any way to specify a file to be deleted on the remote side > explicitly by name? yes :-) user@host1:~/deltest> ls -a1 . .. a b c file user@host1:~/deltest> ssh host2 ls -a1 deltest . .. a b c file user@host1:~/deltest> rm file user@host1:~/deltest> rsync -avx --

Re: delete files

2011-11-11 Thread Brian K. White
On 11/11/2011 5:15 PM, Carlos Carvalho wrote: Brian K. White (br...@aljex.com) wrote on 11 November 2011 15:59: >Is there any way to specify a file to be deleted on the remote side >explicitly by name? > >I would have thought that deleting the file locally, the rsyncing the >non-existin

Re: delete files

2011-11-11 Thread Carlos Carvalho
Brian K. White (br...@aljex.com) wrote on 11 November 2011 15:59: >Is there any way to specify a file to be deleted on the remote side >explicitly by name? > >I would have thought that deleting the file locally, the rsyncing the >non-existing file with --del would have resulted in the remote

delete files

2011-11-11 Thread Brian K. White
Is there any way to specify a file to be deleted on the remote side explicitly by name? I would have thought that deleting the file locally, the rsyncing the non-existing file with --del would have resulted in the remote file, which does exist being deleted. I have a general purpose script t

DO NOT REPLY [Bug 6307] "rsync --remove-source-files foo/ foo/" should not delete files

2010-02-20 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6307 cool...@gmail.com changed: What|Removed |Added CC||cool...@gmail.com --- Comment #1

DO NOT REPLY [Bug 4378] Don't delete files that wouldn't have been transferred

2009-11-27 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4378 --- Comment #5 from m...@mattmccutchen.net 2009-11-27 20:36 CST --- (In reply to comment #4) > The goal of this ticket is really to make --min-size/--max-size behave more > like an ordinary exclude. Whoops, the ticket was originally abo

DO NOT REPLY [Bug 4378] Don't delete files that wouldn't have been transferred

2009-11-27 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4378 --- Comment #4 from m...@mattmccutchen.net 2009-11-27 20:34 CST --- (In reply to comment #2) > I notice that the patch only affects extraneous "special" files immediately > inside file-list directories, not those in extraneous directorie

DO NOT REPLY [Bug 4378] Don't delete files that wouldn't have been transferred

2009-11-27 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4378 m...@mattmccutchen.net changed: What|Removed |Added Summary|Don't delete file types that|Don't delete

Re: Delete files specified in "--from-files"-file that don't exist on the sender side

2009-03-08 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 22:56 -0800, Wayne Davison wrote: > If someone is doing inotify-based --files-from transfers and a filename > is now missing, maybe they really want --delete-missing-args to ensure > that the receiver doesn't have a version of the now-missing file. There's no need for that: t

Re: Delete files specified in "--from-files"-file that don't exist on the sender side

2009-03-06 Thread Wayne Davison
On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 04:44:56PM -0500, Matt McCutchen wrote: > Two issues you may wish to correct [...] Thanks for pointing those out! I've made sure that the mode does not get tweaked by --chmod if it is 0, and changed the --list-only output to start with "*missing", as you suggested. > Whil

Re: Delete files specified in "--from-files"-file that don't exist on the sender side

2009-03-06 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 09:36 -0800, Wayne Davison wrote: > I added an option to the latest development version that supports this: > --delete-missing-args. Nice work! I feared the implementation would be much messier. Two issues you may wish to correct (or I might do it and post the patch): 1. T

Re: Delete files specified in "--from-files"-file that don't exist on the sender side

2009-02-28 Thread Wayne Davison
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:31:54AM +0100, intripoon wrote: > Now there are files I want to have deleted on PC B. They don't exist > on PC A. I hoped I could just add them to the list of files given to > --from-files, but the sender just tells me "failed: No such file or > directory (2)" and goes on

Delete files specified in "--from-files"-file that don't exist on the sender side

2009-02-12 Thread intripoon
Hi ! I have a tree of files on PC A and a tree of files on PC B. PC B runs rsync in server mode. PC A connects to the rsync server. There is a file containing the files that rsync should copy efficiently from PC A to PC B. This works. Now there are files I want to have deleted on PC B. They

DO NOT REPLY [Bug 6061] [FMR]: Add an option to only delete files once they expire

2009-01-22 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6061 m...@mattmccutchen.net changed: What|Removed |Added Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution|

DO NOT REPLY [Bug 6061] New: [FMR]: Add an option to only delete files once they expire

2009-01-21 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6061 Summary: [FMR]: Add an option to only delete files once they expire Product: rsync Version: 3.0.4 Platform: x86 OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity

Re: [RSync] Re: How to delete files older than X on backup during sync?

2008-11-10 Thread Henri S
>LBackup is not intended for large scale deployment, unless used in >combination with some sort of file system management tool. If you are backing up up client machines, chances are that their configuration will be changing in the near future. In addition, there are may be different operating sys

Re: [RSync] Re: How to delete files older than X on backup during sync?

2008-11-10 Thread Henri S
You could setup the backups of the 200 clients. However, it would be easier to setup the backup of a couple of file servers? That would simplify the situation. Then you can say to people that If you file is on the server then it is backed up. If you want to backup the data on 200 client machines y

Re: [RSync] Re: How to delete files older than X on backup during sync?

2008-11-10 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
Thomas von Eyben wrote: Should it be a problem to have it backup 200 clients to a couple of xraids (perhaps to be changed to an xsan). If these 200 clients are going to have a lot of file changes between the backup periods, then I'd say you may run into issues of the backup never finishin

Re: [RSync] Re: How to delete files older than X on backup during sync?

2008-11-10 Thread Thomas von Eyben
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Henri S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>1. delete the oldest backup (.7) >>2. Increment all the other backups +1 >> (.6 -> .7, .5 -> .6, .4 -> .5, .3 -> .4, and .2 -> .3) >>3. Create a hard link between .1 -> .2 >>4. Run rsync from the source int

Re: [RSync] Re: How to delete files older than X on backup during sync?

2008-11-10 Thread Henri S
>1. delete the oldest backup (.7) >2. Increment all the other backups +1 > (.6 -> .7, .5 -> .6, .4 -> .5, .3 -> .4, and .2 -> .3) >3. Create a hard link between .1 -> .2 >4. Run rsync from the source into .1 This is esentially what LBackup is doing. The LBackup project also

Re: [RSync] Re: How to delete files older than X on backup during sync?

2008-11-09 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
Henri S wrote: You could find these files using find. Then, copy these to another directory and sycn the directory which has only the new files. If you were cleaver you could hard link the files to save space before the sync. But maybe someone on this list will know how to do this with just rsync

Re: How to delete files older than X on backup during sync?

2008-11-09 Thread Henri S
If you were to use LBackup and run a backup once per day and set the rotations to 20. Then after 20 days, the old files would be removed from the backup. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/

Re: How to delete files older than X on backup during sync?

2008-11-09 Thread Henri S
You could find these files using find. Then, copy these to another directory and sycn the directory which has only the new files. If you were cleaver you could hard link the files to save space before the sync. But maybe someone on this list will know how to do this with just rsync. This is just o

Re: How to delete files older than X on backup during sync?

2008-11-09 Thread Matt McCutchen
Matthew, please remember to CC rsync@lists.samba.org . On Sun, 2008-11-09 at 15:46 -0500, Matthew Monaco wrote: > You could use touch to update all of the files in your backup-dir. Then > use my original suggestion to delete files that are older than two weeks. I assume you mean, touch on

Re: How to delete files older than X on backup during sync?

2008-11-09 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Sun, 2008-11-09 at 19:03 +0100, Thomas von Eyben wrote: > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Matt McCutchen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think it would make more sense to count from the time the backup file > > is saved. To do that, use a separate --backup-dir each day (e.g., > > --backup-dir=

Re: How to delete files older than X on backup during sync?

2008-11-09 Thread Thomas von Eyben
On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 4:34 PM, Matt McCutchen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2008-11-09 at 03:18 -0500, Matthew Monaco wrote: >> Thomas von Eyben wrote: >> > I wish to use rsync to create a backup BUT only keep the files for a >> > limited period of time, EG two weeks. >> > I have not yet be

Re: How to delete files older than X on backup during sync?

2008-11-09 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Sun, 2008-11-09 at 03:18 -0500, Matthew Monaco wrote: > Thomas von Eyben wrote: > > I wish to use rsync to create a backup BUT only keep the files for a > > limited period of time, EG two weeks. > > I have not yet been able to figure out how to do this inside rsync > > (while the backup is being

Re: How to delete files older than X on backup during sync?

2008-11-09 Thread Matthew Monaco
You can do something like "rsync OPTIONS --rsync-path="find /root-dir/ -mtime +14 -delete ; rsync" SRC DEST" although, to be safe you'll probably want something like: "rsync OPTIONS --rsync-path="find /root-dir/ -type f -mtime +14 -delete ; rsync" --prune-empty-dirs SRC DEST" I'm not sure wheth

How to delete files older than X on backup during sync?

2008-11-08 Thread Thomas von Eyben
Hi list, I have been reading MAN pages and listarchives, but not found the answer to my question though I am sure it must be possible to acheive my wish. I wish to use rsync to create a backup BUT only keep the files for a limited period of time, EG two weeks. I have not yet been able to figure o

Re: Delete files using no recursion

2007-12-06 Thread Matt McCutchen
On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 19:23 -0200, Rivanor P. Soares wrote: > I'm running rsync (2.6.2) That's pretty old. You might want to upgrade to the latest stable version, 2.6.9. > I want to sync all .fle files from dir1 to the dir2 and also remove > files from the destination which were removed from the

Delete files using no recursion

2007-12-06 Thread Rivanor P. Soares
Hi all, I'm running rsync (2.6.2) this way (which do not remove files from the destination side which were removed from the sending side): rsync -vbu --backup-dir=/bkp --stats /dir1/*.fle /dir2 I want to sync all .fle files from dir1 to the dir2 and also remove files from the destinatio

[Bug 2408] when more than --max-delete files are about to be deleted no error is returned

2005-03-07 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2408 --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-03-07 01:17 --- Thanks. If it is important enough for us, I may consider writing a patch. Maybe it is a good idea to document this in the manual page. Maybe something like: --max-delet

[Bug 2408] when more than --max-delete files are about to be deleted no error is returned

2005-03-05 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2408 [EMAIL PROTECTED] changed: What|Removed |Added Status|ASSIGNED|RESOLVED Resolution|

[Bug 2408] when more than --max-delete files are about to be deleted no error is returned

2005-03-03 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2408 --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-03-03 01:23 --- I don't know if there is an easy check to figure out how many files would be deleted (my patch is a very naive implementation). I understand that the --delete-during opt

[Bug 2408] when more than --max-delete files are about to be deleted no error is returned

2005-03-02 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2408 [EMAIL PROTECTED] changed: What|Removed |Added Status|NEW |ASSIGNED --- Additional Comments

[Bug 2408] New: when more than --max-delete files are about to be deleted no error is returned

2005-03-02 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2408 Summary: when more than --max-delete files are about to be deleted no error is returned Product: rsync Version: 2.6.3 Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW

[Bug 2408] when more than --max-delete files are about to be deleted no error is returned

2005-03-02 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2408 --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-03-02 08:28 --- Created an attachment (id=1003) --> (https://bugzilla.samba.org/attachment.cgi?id=1003&action=view) patch to limit the number of deletes before the deletes take place

Re: --delete & --files-from can't be used as a purge list. Alternate strategy suggestions?

2005-01-14 Thread Wayne Davison
On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 04:02:39PM +, Simon wrote: > Looking around it would appear --delete works upon directory updates, > but there is nothing in the documentation that indicates that options > in the example above cannot be used in this way. I've updated the docs for the next release to ma

--delete & --files-from can't be used as a purge list. Alternate strategy suggestions?

2005-01-14 Thread Simon
Hi, N.B. rsync version 2.6.2 on Linux, no rsync server, using SSH THE PROBLEM rsync --delete --files-from= -e ssh -... : generates error: receiving file list ... link_stat " and does not have the desired effect of deleting the remote file EXAMPLE_FILE_NOT_ON_SECONDARY on the MASTER

[Bug 1791] using --delete with single directory mirroring doesn't delete files

2004-09-17 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1791 [EMAIL PROTECTED] changed: What|Removed |Added Severity|major |trivial Status|NEW

[Bug 1791] New: using --delete with single directory mirroring doesn't delete files

2004-09-17 Thread samba-bugs
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1791 Summary: using --delete with single directory mirroring doesn't delete files Product: rsync Version: 2.6.3 Platform: x86 OS/Version: Linux Status

Re: [Windows] Unable to delete files transfered by rsync

2004-07-28 Thread Stuart Halliday
> if you're using rsync on Windows, you already are using cygwin > (knowingly or not, rsync is available on Windows ONLY through CygWin, as > far as I know) I got my copy direct from cwrsync. http://www.itefix.no/cwrsync/ It seems to use a Cygwin dll though. -- To unsubscribe or change option

Re: [Windows] Unable to delete files transfered by rsync

2004-07-27 Thread Lapo Luchini
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stuart Halliday wrote: > A you never said you had XP Home! > Perhaps it uses 'simple file sharing' by default? In fact I think WinXP Home uses "simple file sharing" and that's all. But on the WinXP Home I have on my laptop I happily avoid it usin

Re: [Windows] Unable to delete files transfered by rsync

2004-07-14 Thread Stuart Halliday
> Yes, of course. It should be very easy. > > Except, the only funny thing is I actually couldn't find security tab in > the file properties. > > However, after searching in google, here's what I got. > > The security is by default turn off in WinXP. In order to turn it back on > in XP, just go

Re: [Windows] Unable to delete files transfered by rsync

2004-07-13 Thread Chang Wooi Po
e this option. Regards, Sanpee - Original Message - From: "Stuart Halliday" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chang Wooi Po" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "rsync" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [Windows] Unable to delete fil

Re: [Windows] Unable to delete files transfered by rsync

2004-07-12 Thread Stuart Halliday
> Now, how could I delete or change attribute or the files on machine1 > other then having to reformat the drive. You simply need to gain owership of the files. Select the files, pop up the properties. Choose the security tab and see who does have permission to access these files. If its not an

[Windows] Unable to delete files transfered by rsync

2004-07-05 Thread Chang Wooi Po
Hi all, I'm newbie to rsync, not sure if I use it correctly. I installed rsync v2.6.2 protocol version 28 on 2 of my machines at home. Both running WinXP SP1. On the machine (named machine 1) with NTFS formatted drive, I issued the following commands >rsync -varuz "machine2::My

Re[2]: Rsync of several directories doesn't delete files

2002-09-20 Thread Daniel Ramaley
gt; > Tim Conway > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Daniel Ramaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 09/19/2002 03:49 PM > Please respond to daniel.ramaley > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: (bcc: Tim Conway/LMT/SC/PHILIPS) >

Re: Rsync of several directories doesn't delete files

2002-09-20 Thread tim . conway
Ramaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/19/2002 03:49 PM Please respond to daniel.ramaley To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Tim Conway/LMT/SC/PHILIPS) Subject:Rsync of several directories doesn't delete files Classificat

Rsync of several directories doesn't delete files

2002-09-19 Thread Daniel Ramaley
d. So, deletion does not work if i try to rsync my entire filesystem, but does work if i only try to rsync one directory. I guess at this poing i'm looking for some pointers. Is there some switch to rsync that i'm missing that

delete files from source after download.

2002-03-12 Thread hk hari krishnan.P
hi, i am into a client server programming. in that it is absolutely necessary for the rsync server to be installed at the client and rsync client at the server. The server(rsync client) needs to download from the client(rsync server) and then delete the source file at the rsync server. right now i

Re: rsync doesn't delete files (over ssh)

2000-12-19 Thread Jeff Mandel
I remember seeing this happen when I first set up my rsync distribution. It turned out to be a permissions problem on the remote, though not reported as such - as Dave suggested below. It just wouldn't delete the file. Fixed the permissions, and then deletion went fine. I started with a small set

Re: rsync doesn't delete files (over ssh)

2000-12-19 Thread Dave Dykstra
On Tue, Dec 19, 2000 at 10:02:08AM +0100, Ferran Jorba wrote: ... > What *did* make a difference is to rsync a single directory, and, thus, > not using any --exclude directory. Obsolete files (and directories) were > effectively removed: > > rsync \ > --verbose \ > --verbose \ >

Re: rsync doesn't delete files (over ssh)

2000-12-19 Thread Ferran Jorba
On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 09:44:44AM -0800, Dan Phoenix wrote: > you tried --force at all? or -z? No, I didn't, as according to the man page (and Dave's message) it shouldn't affect much. Anyway, now I've tried, and it didn't affect. OTOH, -z is equivalent to --compress, which I already used. Da

Re: rsync doesn't delete files (over ssh)

2000-12-18 Thread Dave Dykstra
gt; Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 12:50:17 +0100 > > From: Ferran Jorba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: rsync doesn't delete files (over ssh) > > > > I'm mirroring a whole Linux system, hoping that in the future > > we can have a farm

Re: rsync doesn't delete files (over ssh)

2000-12-15 Thread Dan Phoenix
you tried --force at all? or -z? On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Ferran Jorba wrote: > Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 12:50:17 +0100 > From: Ferran Jorba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: rsync doesn't delete files (over ssh) > > I'm mirroring a whol

rsync doesn't delete files (over ssh)

2000-12-15 Thread Ferran Jorba
I'm mirroring a whole Linux system, hoping that in the future we can have a farm of identical systems from a master one. Temporarily, I'm using --relative to see the results on an Alpha OSF system. The problem is that rsync doesn't delete on the client the files removed on the server. rsync \