On 12/09/21 6:53 pm, l0f...@tuta.io wrote:
# actually not necessary? rsync will create it
mkdir -p mysite_test/doc_root
You can make a simple test to know that but I would say that rsync doesn't create your
destination "root" directory (the one you specify on the command line) unless
`--mkpath` is used.
I was fairly confident of that, from my regular usage.
# The trailing / matters. Does it matter on the source as well?
# I generally include it.
rsync -a mysite/doc_root/ mysite_test/doc_root/ # The trailing / matters.
Actually, I'm not sure to understand Greg's remark here.
In my opinion, trailing slash doesn't matter for destination folder on the
contrary of *source* folder.
In other words, for me, the following are equal:
rsync -a mysite/doc_root/ mysite_test/doc_root/
rsync -a mysite/doc_root/ mysite_test/doc_root
But not the following:
rsync -a mysite/doc_root mysite_test/doc_root => you will get an extra
"doc_root" folder (the source one) in your dest, i.e. :
mysite_test/doc_root/doc_root and then the content of doc_root source
rsync -a mysite/doc_root/ mysite_test/doc_root => your doc_root (destination)
folder will get doc_root content (source) directly
Yep. As I've mentioned elsewhere, I habitually include trailing slashes
for both source and destination when I'm replicating a whole tree. I
couldn't remember the details of what happens when you don't, but I know
what happens when I do :-)
Cheers,
Richard
