On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 09:50:22AM +0100, Stuart Halliday wrote: > > Logically, this is correct behaviour, I think. > > > > dump/* is a wildcard that matches every _existing_ local file in the > > dump/ directory. Since the file you deleted doesn't exist, it isn't > > considered by rsync. > > > > dump/ tells rsync to compare the contents of the local dump/ directory > > with those of the remote one and, in your case, will delete on the > > remote host any files that don't exist locally. > > > > Disclaimer: I haven't used --delete myself, so I could be wrong. > > > Yes your statement sounds logic. But the use of --delete is stated as being: > > "delete files that don't exist on the sending side" > > Which I assume means those on the remote side. > > Since it isn't deleting the file on the remote side then rsync is a touch broken.
No, Terry is correct. --delete will only delete files that are missing _among the files you specify_ If you don't specify a file, it is not considered at all, for any purpose. -chris > > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
