"Voelker, Bernhard" <bernhard.voel...@siemens-enterprise.com> writes: > John J Foerch wrote: > >> 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. > > I've also been using rsync for many years, and from right at the > beginning, I started using the "dir/." syntax to not fall into that > trap. It always works and is also nice to use in scripts as an > accidental "dir/./." does not harm ;-) > > Have a nice day, > Berny
Is a trailing "/." exactly equivalent to a trailing "/" in all ways? If so, then if the command-line option I asked for were introduced, when used, there would still be a way to specify "contents of" a source by means of "/." instead of "/". That would be a bonus. Cheers. -- 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
