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Re: rsync options



Marcelo Chiapparini, 2002-Sep-11 09:43 -0300:
> Hello,
> 
> what is the difference between the options --delete and 
> --delete-exclude in rsync? The information in the man pages is not 
> completely clear to me.

The --delete option deletes files that don't exist on the sending
side.  The --delete-exclude option does the same but also triggers the
--exclude=PATTERN or --exclude-from=FILE options to exclude the
pattern or file from deletion.

jc

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