Deletion of destination files

[Steven Levine]

In <87bn3frk92.fsf at gmail.com>, on 06/05/16
   at 10:40 AM, Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina at gmail.com> said:

Hi Rodolfo,

> $ rsync --dry-run -vrt --delete --modify-window=1 file1 file2 file3 ...
>/mnt/pendrive/rodolfo

>not happen.  In rsync `man' page I can't find a solution.

It comes up so often on the list that this should be a FAQ.

Check out

  --itemize-changes

It is almost always the best solution for understanding why rsync is
processing a given file a certain way.  --verbose is typically more
helpful when diagnosing problems with complex filters and other obscure
problems.


Steven

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