Re: why rsync wants to delete destination files
On Sat, 07 Aug 2010, T o n g wrote:
> I.e., "--delete-before" is the default action. It only affect the files
> to be copied over. Nothing else.
rsync --delete a b c d 192.168.1.99:/tmp/
could remove a b c or d from /tmp in 192.168.1.99, if they don't exist
in the source location.
If a, b, c or d are directories, it will act on all files and
subdirectories inside them in 192.168.1.99:/tmp as well.
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