On 13:36:56 Mar 01, Gary Kline wrote: > What does the "--delete" do?! I want to make a complete copy of, say, > /usr/home/kline/* from here [tao] to my Ubuntu server, ethos, which has > a "/home" mountpoint--- in otheer words: /home/kline/*. If the > "--delete /usr/home* /home" syntax will let rsync rewrite /usr/home to /home, > then fine. I started using rsync with -avzp but then realized that it would not delete the directories/files I deleted at the source *after* the backup.
That is why I added the --delete hoping that it would replicate in such a way that both copies look identical. -Girish -- "unix soi qui mal y pense" UNIX to him who evil thinks _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"