rsync, trailing slash, and --delete

[Kevin Korb]

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delete will still work.

On 08/11/11 15:06, BJ Quinn wrote:
> I'm trying to rsync a folder like so -
> 
> rsync -aP --delete /home/share_20110801 /lastbackup/share
> 
> Under the /lastbackup folder there is a "share" folder.  I'd like to
> rsync all the contents of the "share _20110801" folder directly under
> the the "share" folder under /lastbackup.  I know I can add the trailing
> slash to the source directory to accomplish this, but then as I
> understand it --delete won't work in that top-level directories deleted
> in the source won't be deleted in the destination.  Is there any way to
> rsync from a folder to a differently named folder without breaking --delete?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -BJ Quinn
> 

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