alright, makes sense now thanks for the information
On Tue, Oct 29, 2024, at 21:32, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > --exclude takes an argument, so "--exclude --exclude ." means > "exclude files named --exclude, followed by . as a bare argument". > > So this is equivalent to: rsync -avh src dst . > > IOW, you're copying src and dst to the current directory. > > So, no, not a bug. Although --exclude throwing a warning when its > argument starts with - would perhaps be reasonable. > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 08:30:31PM +0200, Markus Niemi via rsync wrote: > > Hello, > > Came across the following "sudo rsync -avh src/ dst --delete --exclude > > --exclude ." this will apparently delete everything in the current dir > > except for the dst dir, is this a bug? > > > > rsync version 3.2.7 protocol version 31 > > > > Best regards > > Mark > > > -- > > 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 > >
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