wildcard error in source path?

[Chris Shoemaker]

On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 09:50:22AM +0100, Stuart Halliday wrote:
> > Logically, this is correct behaviour, I think.
> > 
> > dump/* is a wildcard that matches every _existing_ local file in the 
> > dump/ directory. Since the file you deleted doesn't exist, it isn't 
> > considered by rsync.
> > 
> > dump/  tells rsync to compare the contents of the local dump/ directory 
> > with those of the remote one and, in your case, will delete on the 
> > remote host any files that don't exist locally.
> > 
> > Disclaimer: I haven't used --delete myself, so I could be wrong.
> 
> 
> Yes your statement sounds logic. But the use of --delete is stated as being:
> 
> "delete files that don't exist on the sending side"
> 
> Which I assume means those on the remote side. 
> 
> Since it isn't deleting the file on the remote side then rsync is a touch broken.

No, Terry is correct.  --delete will only delete files that are missing
_among the files you specify_  If you don't specify a file, it is not
considered at all, for any purpose.
  -chris

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