rsync --delete not working (no wildcards)
Kevin Korb
kmk at sanitarium.net
Mon Jan 28 15:45:39 MST 2013
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Is there any output? How about with an additional -v ?
Is there a .rsync-filter file anywhere?
On 01/28/13 17:02, Stewart Jeacocke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to copy some directories with rsync and would like to
> delete files from the destination if they no longer exist in the
> source.
>
> I'm using the following command:
>
> rsync -v --archive --hard-links --delete --force
> --filter=':/.rsync-filter' /opt/ /mnt/backup/opt/
>
> /opt does not contain any files the destination contains one file
>
> stewart at attobeast:/etc$ ls /mnt/backup/opt/ test-file
>
> after running the rsync command I would expect test-file to have
> been deleted but it isn't. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious
> in the man page that explains this behaviour but I can't figure it
> out. Can anyone enlighten me?
>
> Thanks
>
> Stewart
>
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