On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 06:53:54PM -0400, Wesley Joyce wrote: > I am having a problem with rsync not deleting files on the destination that > no longer exist on the source. The command I am using is: rsync -vaz > --delete /bantemp/* backenp650:/bantemp
I assume the files at issue are directly in /bantemp. You have made a normal newbee mistake of having the shell expand a wildcard where none was needed. rsync -vaz --delete /bantemp/ backenp650:/bantemp Should do the trick. > Once the two trees are in sync, if I add a file to the source, run rsync > again, it will copy over the one new file. If I delete the file on the > source, run rsync, the file still exists on the destination. I do not have > an exclude list and I am not running an rsync daemon. I was having the > problem using rsync-2.5.4-1 (RPM from the AIX Linux Toolbox) so I removed > that and compiled 2.5.7 on AIX 5.2 in 64 bit mode using VAC 6.0. > > running rsync returns - > rsync version 2.5.7 protocol version 26 > Copyright (C) 1996-2002 by Andrew Tridgell and others > <http://rsync.samba.org/> > Capabilities: 64-bit files, socketpairs, hard links, symlinks, batchfiles, > no IPv6, 64-bit system inums, 64-bit internal inums > > rsync comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you > are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. See the GNU > General Public Licence for details. -- ________________________________________________________________ J.W. Schultz Pegasystems Technologies email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember Cernan and Schmitt -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html