Re: Problem with --backup and deleting a directory: Two directories created

2004-11-18 Thread Johannes Kastl
Hello List, Im sorry I first sent this PM to Wayne. So here again for the list. Hello Wayne, i think Ill have a try with compiling and patching. But first: On 11/17/2004 06:13 PM, Wayne Davison wrote: Note that rsync does not apply the --suffix value to directory names in the backup area. ..wayne..

Re: Problem with --backup and deleting a directory: Two directories created

2004-11-17 Thread Wayne Davison
On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 03:20:46PM +0100, Johannes Kastl wrote: > But there is also a directory delete-this-2004-11-15... , > but it is empty, and no files are copied/moved there afterwards. The erroneous creation of an empty directory was fixed recently in the CVS version of rsync. You can inco

Problem with --backup and deleting a directory: Two directories created

2004-11-15 Thread Johannes Kastl
Hello everyone, Im kinda new to rsync and this list, so if there are any errors in my reqest, please tell me. I want to use rsync to make a backup of a diretory, and use the --backup option. My script looks like this: rsync -ab --suffix=-`date -Iminutes` --backup-dir=rsync_backup --delete --r