Re: rsync with delete option creates and deletes dot files

2017-05-01 Thread Kevin Korb via rsync
--delete means delete from the target what isn't on the source (except what is excluded). Those look like temp files. Possibly from another rsync that is running at the same time. On 05/01/2017 12:36 AM, Chandana De Silva via rsync wrote: > All, > I have an rsync based backup process which uses

rsync with delete option creates and deletes dot files

2017-05-01 Thread Chandana De Silva via rsync
All, I have an rsync based backup process which uses rsyncd on the source, to backup to a directory on the client. I have rsync version 3.1.2 on the client and 2.6.8 on the source host (daemon). The rysnc command I use is; /usr/bin/rsync -aHzS --partial --numeric-ids --delete --timeout=3600 \