DO NOT REPLY [Bug 6752] --force option doesn't work as expected/documented

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https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6752


matt at mattmccutchen.net changed:

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------- Comment #1 from matt at mattmccutchen.net  2009-09-22 21:50 CST -------
The current behavior is correct according to the long description in the man
page:

--force
This option tells rsync to delete a non-empty directory when it is to be
replaced by a non-directory.

The short documentation, "force deletion of dirs even if not empty", is
misleading.  I suggest changing it to "OK to replace non-empty dirs with
non-dirs" (just under the length limit).

ciolfi, if you don't want protected destination files to pin their ancestor
directories, you need to use the "P" filter modifier.


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