auto-protected files made perishable

Wayne Davison wayned at samba.org
Mon Mar 5 17:12:17 GMT 2007


On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 09:42:15AM -0500, Matt McCutchen wrote:
> 1. I don't think the --backup rule should be perishable.  If I delete
> an entire directory from the source, I would expect the receiver to
> back up the files inside and not discard the backups just because I
> deleted the whole directory.

Yeah, I agree that we don't really want the backup rule to be
perishable after all.  I've also fixed the problem with a local
transfer not getting the --partial-dir protection rule.  Thanks!

..wayne..


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