[clug] RSync Question....

[Alex Satrapa]

On 25 Sep 2004, at 09:34, Martin Pool wrote:

> So you want to rsync the directory instead:
>
>   rsync --blah /cygdrive/c/Donovan/Pacc/ dest::donovan/donovan/pacc

The "-a" or "-r" options are required for copying entire trees. And 
note the trap for young players:

The command

   rsync -a /cygdrive/c/Donovan/Pacc dest:donovan/donovan/pacc

copies the directory "Pacc" into the destination directory, so you'll 
end up with "donovan/donovan/pacc/Pacc"

The command

   rsync -a /cygdrive/c/Donovan/Pacc/ dest:donovan/donovan/pacc

copies all the things in the "Pacc" directory to the destination 
directory, so you'll end up with the directory "donovan/donovan/pacc" 
containing the same stuff as /cygdrive/c/Donovan/Pacc.

The trailing "/" is important.

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