To be extra clear (since I was overly terse in my hasty answer), here's your last example fixed for you:
$ cd ~/dev $ rsync --copy-unsafe-links -aivz --delete ~/tmp/TST/tree/ ~/tmp/XXX/tree/ This is how rsync knows where the safe restriction lies -- at the top of the transfer (the final slash). Thus, your statement about your desired restriction not being possible is false. ..wayne..
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