--partial and --delete

[Julian Pace Ross]

Hi all,

I need to use --partial (without using --partial-dir if possible).
If --delete is also specified, does this cancel out the effect of --partial 
(since any previous partials are deleted before the transfers?) .. can;t 
seem to figure it out from the man pages alone...
If this is so, will using --delete-after be sufficient to get the desired 
effect?

Thanks,
Julian