rsync --delete isn't deleting files

[Wayne Davison]

On Fri, Jul 04, 2008 at 08:11:36PM +0100, Tiago Marques wrote:
> rsync  --delete-before -v  -tvlpr
> rsync://rsync.sabayonlinux.org/SabayonLinux/* ./ --dry-run

Check out the manpage on the --delete option.  The very first paragraph
tells you why you shouldn't be using a wildcard (*) there:

    http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync.html

..wayne..