Wayne Davison <way...@samba.org> writes: > One solution is to install a bash script (or setup a bash function) in place > of > the real rsync that strips a single trailing slash from each arg. That lets > you specify dir// if you want to copy a dir's contents. Here's one I did some > mild tesing on and it appears to work OK: >
Wayne Davison <way...@samba.org> writes: > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 11:19 PM, Wayne Davison <way...@samba.org> wrote: > > Here's one I did some mild tesing on and it appears to work OK: > > > I just realized that script would turn the arg "/" into an empty string. > You'll want to fix that if you use the idea. Also, if you want the idiom to > be optional, you could either (1) have the bash script look for an opt and > decide if it should do the stripping, or (2) name the script something like > "rs" or "rsyncs" (or whatever) and use the slash-strip version only when > desired. This is definitely a workable idea, and I may use some variant of it, but here are some thoughts: - I wouldn't use the name "rsync" for the wrapper script, because that is just setting oneself up for accidents, analogous to the common example of why it is a bad idea to 'alias rm="rm -i"': safety-nets are fine until you're in a context without them, and you forget that they aren't there. - Stripping a slash from every argument is not quite the whole story, because options which take arguments could have significant trailing slashes. So I may take up your suggestion for my own use, but I did want to put forward the idea that since in my experience, trailing slash interpretation is an often-mentioned stumbling-block for rsync users, maybe it would be appropriate for rsync itself to provide a convenient alternative. Thank you for your time. -- John Foerch -- 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
