If you don't use a trailing /, it will copy a whole directory. As Brian also said. A / at the end of the destination also if you want the files IN that directory.
I use rsync -avzpor quite frequently for migrations. Final syncs will get --delete so it has an exact copy. Jason Sent from my iPhone > On May 9, 2016, at 6:01 PM, Brian Cluff <[email protected]> wrote: > > ls -h doesn't show hidden files, it shows the files sizes in "h"uman readable > format. > > Do an ls -a to show "a"ll the files, including the hidden ones. > > Also I think you might need to add a trailing / to your destination directory > to get it to work correctly. > > Brian > >> On 05/09/2016 04:49 PM, Michael wrote: >> forgot to mention that when I'm copying from original to destination w/o >> rsync i am asked if I want to skip or replace an existing file even though >> the file is not visible. I attempted to do an ls -h but the file is not >> hidden. >> >>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 7:04 PM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: >>> When I run rsync one file (a directory) will not sync and the files in >>> that file. I was wondering why. I thought that maybe if the file was in >>> there to start that would fix it and it does so if only temporarily. Upon >>> the next run of rsync the directory in question is deleted. >>> the command that is run: >>> $ rsync -aWuq --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents >>> /media/bmike1/RedSanDisk >>> >>> >>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FAfv-aLaQR6HWUx8M-aZF4QL8oAsi6SH2Xg01vKpTPI/edit?usp=sharing >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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