Empty directories aren't backed up in backup-dir

[Adam Błaszczykowski]

Hello,

We have strange issue with rsync and backup-dir option. In case of having
empty directories and deleting them, those directories are not backed up in
backup-dir directory. Directories are backed up only if contains files.


Scenario:

# mkdir -p source/b

# rsync -a --backup --backup-dir=../backup source/ destination/

# rm -rf source/b

# rsync -a --backup --backup-dir=../backup source/ destination/

# ls -la backup


Backup-dir is empty. I expected to have ‘b’ directory inside.

How can we force rsync to backup empty directories to backup-dir in case of
deletion?


Best Regards
Adam Blaszczykowski
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