problem with the delete option

[Wayne Davison]

On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 08:18:52PM -0300, Manuel Kissoyan wrote:
> ok, i did add the -vv and it simply not running any delete command, the 
> only thing close to that is lines like this:

You need a third -v to see mentions of where rsync is deleting.  It will
say "delete_in_dir(DIRECTORY)" for every directory whose contents is
being transferred.  You should also look for the make_file() calls from
the generator, which is the directory reading on the sending side that
is used for deletions.  If you see a message about a file being
protected, that indicates that your exclude options have ensured that
that particular file cannot be deleted.

> so basicaly rsync is not deleting the files that are not there in the 
> sending side.

If you weren't using --files-from, I would have said that you were being
bitten by this bug:

  - Fixed a recent bug where --delete was not working when transferring
    from the root (/) of the filesystem with --relative enabled.

With the --files-from option, I can't duplicate your problem, so it is
probably a case of you expecting rsync to delete in a directory that it
is not sending or your not expecting an exclude to protect a file from
deletion.  If not, please let us know what you discover.

..wayne..