Re: rsync doesn't delete unreferenced directories.

2004-11-02 Thread Paul Slootman
On Mon 01 Nov 2004, Steve Sether wrote: I'm using rsync to backup multiple directories, i.e. rsync -azq --delete --relative /dog /cat /fish [EMAIL PROTECTED]::modulename Everything works fine, except if I remove a directory from the list of those being backed up, it isn't deleted on the

Re: rsync doesn't delete unreferenced directories.

2004-11-02 Thread Wayne Davison
On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 09:30:10PM -0600, Steve Sether wrote: I realize this behaviour is probbably by design but is there a way to get rsync to delete directories no longer being backed up? Yes, it is by design since you just omitted the directory in the arg list, and rsync can't assume it

rsync doesn't delete unreferenced directories.

2004-11-01 Thread Steve Sether
I'm using rsync to backup multiple directories, i.e. rsync -azq --delete --relative /dog /cat /fish [EMAIL PROTECTED]::modulename Everything works fine, except if I remove a directory from the list of those being backed up, it isn't deleted on the other side. For example: rsync -azq --delete