Possible new rsync bug

Francis Montagnac Francis.Montagnac at sophia.inria.fr
Sun Apr 20 22:06:07 EST 2003


> It seems, that rsync goofes up, if you rename a directory and then
> create a symlink with the old name to the new location.

You need to use the --force option in addition to -a

See also: --delete and --delete-excluded

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