thanks, that's what I wanted to hear (:
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:22:16 +0200, Paul Slootman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri 29 Oct 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > I'm a bit paranoid, but had to ask-- How safe is it to use the --delete option? > > > > ie, when using it locally (or via a mounted network volume), will I > > *ever* have to worry about my actual source files being delete > > mistakenly (instead of dest. files)? > > Source files will never be deleted. > > Of course, if you screw up the parameters to rsync sufficiently, you > might end up passing the source dir as the destination, but there's > nothing any software can do about that sort of error... > > When in doubt, use the --dry-run option to show what rsync is going to > do without actually doing anything. > > > Paul Slootman > -- > 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