I thought so too, but all the docs I've been finding seems to indicate that it deletes....which doesn't work for me.
Brian chee On Aug 27, 2014 6:34 PM, "Dwight Victor (Gmail)" <dwight.vic...@gmail.com> wrote: > isn't the default behavior to keep files on the target? i think you have > to use the --delete option to force delete from the target. > >> So I'm trying to find if rsync has an option to NOT delete remote files if >> they're no longer on the local machine. >> >> The issue is that I can't afford to lose any data off my sensors. I've got >> the remote server mounted in fstab so that it looks like two local >> directories. >> >> I want to make sure everything in the local directory is copied and synced >> (updated) to the remote. But if someone deletes a file on the local >> machine >> but the file exists on the remote side, I don't want that remote file >> deleted. >> >> I've been searching like crazy, but rsync always seems to want to delete >> the remote file. >> >> Should I consider something other than rsync? >> >> /brian chee >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > LUAU@lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org mailing list > http://lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org/listinfo.cgi/luau- > freesoftwarehawaii.org > _______________________________________________ LUAU@lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org mailing list http://lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org/listinfo.cgi/luau-freesoftwarehawaii.org
