Strange result when backing up /etc vs /root

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Philip Rhoades schrieb:
> People,
> 
> My backup script has lines:
> 
> dt=`date '+%Y%m%d'`
> .
> .
>         DELETE="--delete"
> .
> .
> rsync -av $DELETE --backup --backup-dir /delmod/$dt /etc /backup/
> 
> rsync -av $DELETE --backup --backup-dir /delmod/$dt /root /backup/
> 
> - only the changes to /root get backed up but ALL of /etc gets backed up
> everytime! - why should this happen?

isn't it because you use --delete, and after /etc is backed up, the /etc 
backup is removed by /root backup?


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