What happens after --max-delete is reached? Are updates processed?

[Sebastian Arcus]

On 31/10/12 11:38, Voelker, Bernhard wrote:
> Sebastian Arcus wrote (Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:18 PM):
>
>> Reading the manual page: "This tells rsync not to delete more than NUM
>> files or directories." Also, according to docs, rsync exits with code 25
>> if max-delete has been reached. Now, rsync starts with the deletes by
>> default, and then it does updates.
>>
>> My question is, if --max-delete has been reached, does rsync still
>> proceed with the updates (not the deletes), or just exists immediately
>> with code 25 without doing any updates? The man page doesn't specify
>> either way, and looking at online posts, it would seem to suggest it
>> exits as soon as max-delete has been reached.
>
>  From trying, I'd say it continues with updating
> (for whatever case that would make sense ...):

Thanks Bernhard. I really think the manual should be more explicit on 
this. The way it stands now, people are free to assume either way - with 
potentially unpleasant and unexpected consequences. I think I will file 
a feature request.

Sebastian