Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners
On 2021-09-12, l0f4r0@tuta.io <l0f4r0@tuta.io> wrote:
>> # The trailing / matters. Does it matter on the source as well?
>> # I generally include it.
>> rsync -a mysite/doc_root/ mysite_test/doc_root/ # The trailing / matters.
>>
> Actually, I'm not sure to understand Greg's remark here.
>
> In my opinion, trailing slash doesn't matter for destination folder on
> the contrary of *source* folder.
>
It makes a difference when the source is a file and the destination
directory is inexistant, because in that case a copy of $file named
$destination will be created, which is not what you want here.
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