--delete-before doesn't seem to actually be deleting before transfer

[David Brown]

Apologies, I think I'm wrong about my previous reply, just checked and  
--delete is "implied"...

> You need to use --delete instead of just the --delete-before. You do  
> not actually need the "before" bit as this is the default for -- 
> delete.
>
> -david
>
> On 14 Jul 2009, at 12:01, Tim Edwards wrote:
>
>> I have a script transferring some backup files onto a USB stick,  
>> which
>> has limited space. I use rsync 3.0.5 with the following command:
>> rsync -av --delete-before /local/backups/dir/backup1_todaysdate
>> /local/backups/dir/backup2_todaysdate
>> /local/backups/dir/backup3_todaysdate /USBstick/backups/dir
>>
>> The USB stick runs out of space if more than 1 backup set is put on  
>> it,
>> so I'd assumed that by using the --delete-before option would first
>> scrub /USBstick/backups/dir of any files that I hadn't listed to be
>> transfered - is this how it works? Because it doesn't seem to work  
>> that
>> way - I have to manually delete the old backups from the USB stick
>> before transferring the new.
>>
>> Thanks for any help
>>
>> Tim Edwards
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