<div>With rsync 3.1.1 (on debian), using the "backup-dir"
option creates a tree of empty folders inside the backup repository.
This doesn't affect the transfer (all files and folder are copied
anyway).<br></div><div><br></div><div>Example:<br></div><div>---- <br></div><div>rsync
-rtvhPx --delete --stats
--exclude-from=/home/pierre/scripts/ExclusionRSync --backup
--backup-dir=/media/pierre/g2/sauvegardes/fichiers_supprimes_pierre
/home/pierre/ /media/pierre/g2/sauvegardes/sauvegarde_pierre<br></div><div>----<br></div><div>The
previous command (launched the first time) recreates the whole
structure of folders inside the
"/media/pierre/g2/sauvegardes/fichiers_supprimes_pierre" backup-dir).
These folders are empty and the files are present in
"/media/pierre/g2/sauvegardes/sauvegarde_pierre"(destination).<br></div><div><br></div><div>It
seems to be a bug because the backup directory should contains
something if, and only if, I delete files or folder. But it is
impossible to delete something during the first backup; nonetheless, the
backup-dir is full of empty folder after the first call of rsync.<br></div><div><br></div><div>There
are two unanswered messages on Unix.SE describing this bug ([1] and
[2]). A quick search into this mailing list archives [3] doesn't show
emails related to this question.<br></div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/150378/rsync-3-1-0-is-creating-empty-backup-directories">http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/150378/rsync-3-1-0-is-creating-empty-backup-directories</a><br></div><div>[2] <a href="http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/186798/rsync-backup-dir-creates-empty-folders-in-backup-dir">http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/186798/rsync-backup-dir-creates-empty-folders-in-backup-dir</a><br></div><div>[3] <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=rsync%40lists.samba.org&q=backup+create+empty+folders&a=1">http://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=rsync%40lists.samba.org&q=backup+create+empty+folders&a=1</a><br></div><div><br></div>