https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10724
Summary: rsync 3.1.1 incorrectly creates extra dirs inside --backup-dir on Mac OSX Product: rsync Version: 3.1.1 Platform: x86 OS/Version: Mac OS X Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P5 Component: core AssignedTo: way...@samba.org ReportedBy: chd...@gmail.com QAContact: rsync...@samba.org On MacOSX 10.9.4, new to rsync 3.1.1, I observe the incorrect creation of empty dirs inside a --backup-dir. To reproduce: 1. mkdir foo 2. mkdir bar 3. cd foo; touch fun 4. cd .. 5. rsync -trlvhp foo bar Everything is as it should be: inside bar there is a clone of foo. But now continue (from the same working dir as from setp 5): 6. mkdir foo/newdir 7. cd foo; mv fun newdir; cd .. 8. rsync -trlvhpb --delete --backup-dir=mybackups --suffix=~ foo bar Expected result: the directory bar should look like this: bar/ bar/foo/ bar/foo/newdir/fun bar/mybackups/ bar/mybackups/foo/ bar/mybackups/foo/fun~ Actual result: rsync 3.1.1 has created an empty dir "newdir" inside mybackups. That is, this is what bar looks like: bar/ bar/foo/ bar/foo/newdir/fun bar/mybackups/ bar/mybackups/foo/ bar/mybackups/foo/fun~ bar/mybackups/foo/newdir/ As you can see there is magically a "newdir" there. It shouldn't be there, because there never was a "newdir" inside bar/foo prior to step 8. Therefore, there was no "newdir" there to be "backed up" into mybackups. This behavior is new to 3.1.1 as best as I can tell. I'm positive it never occurred on any prior version of rsync that I've ever used (2.6-ish?). The above was just a toy example designed to illustrate the issue. In practice, rsync 3.1.1 left dozens of such "ghost" directories inside my --backup-dir. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.samba.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html