Re: rsync

[Sereciya Kurdistani <sereciya@kurdistan.ath.cx>]

Hello,

> Question about rsync
> 
> Say I want rsync to synchronize a directory.  If I delete a file from 
> the source directory, however, I've noticed that it leaves the file in 
> the destination directory. Is there a parameter to force it to remove 
> files that are not present in the source? (This would seemingly 
> contradict the first criteria, i.e., you can't have both.)

  yes, it would be "--delete --delete-after"

  I'm including a sample rsync config file below with the delete-after
  in context.

## ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ##

# 14oct2000 -- sereciya
#
#       rsyncMakefile.example
#
#HOST?=sereciya@somehost.net
#DESTDIR?=$(HOST):/home/sereciya
#pull:
#       rsync $(DRY_RUN) $(RSYNCSPEC) --verbose --progress --rsh ssh \
#       --exclude *.o \
#       --exclude a.out \
#       --exclude core \
#       --delete --delete-after \
#       --archive $(DESTDIR)/ .

#push:
#       rsync $(DRY_RUN) $(RSYNCSPEC) --verbose --progress --rsh ssh \
#       --exclude *.o \
#       --exclude a.out \
#       --exclude core \
#       --exclude rsync* \
#       --delete --delete-after \
#       --archive . $(DESTDIR)

#pullnew:
#       rsync $(DRY_RUN) $(RSYNCSPEC) --verbose --progress --rsh ssh \
#       --exclude *.o \
#       --exclude a.out \
#       --exclude core \
#       --archive $(DESTDIR)/ .

# copys newly changed local files to the remote location.
#pushnew:
#       rsync $(DRY_RUN) $(RSYNCSPEC) --verbose --progress --rsh ssh \
#       --exclude *.o \
#       --exclude a.out \
#       --exclude core \
#       --archive . $(DESTDIR)

## ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ##


  Hope this helps...

You're welcome in advance,
--Sêrêciya Kurdistanî
-- 
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| Welat xwe ava nake, dest bidin hevdu, pist nedin tu dijminî  |
|   Riya azadiyê ne hêsan e, hêviya xwe bernedin, dema me      |
|     nêzîk e.                                                 |
|                                                              |
| Hevaltî bi kesên du rû nekin, hevaltî bi hevdu ra bikin      |
|   Ne ji hevaltiya wan kesên pêxwas û rû dirêj, ne bi wan     |
|     kesên xwînperest, ne jî ji yên din.                      |
|                                                              |
|                                   -Sêrêciya Kurdistanî       |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
  translation provided on request: sereciya@kurdistan.ath.cx