rsync - Sep 2004 - [Bug 1791] New: using --delete with single directory mirroring doesn't delete files

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1791

           Summary: using --delete with single directory mirroring doesn't
                    delete files
           Product: rsync
           Version: 2.6.3
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: major
          Priority: P3
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned@samba.org
        ReportedBy: donavan@4wx.net
         QAContact: rsync-qa@samba.org


example is probably the best way.  But due to lack of bandwidth I only mirror
selected directories on remote sites.  However, using rysnc with the --delete
option doesn't delete missing files (from the source) in the destination
directory.

Example (very simple)

root@cumulus rsync]# ls -laR
.:
total 16
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:13 .
drwxr-x---   25 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:13 ..
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:13 dira
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:14 dirb

./dira:
total 16
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:13 .
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:13 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           16 Sep 17 15:13 tfile.1
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           16 Sep 17 15:13 tfile.2

./dirb:
total 16
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:14 .
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:13 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           16 Sep 17 15:13 tfile.1
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           16 Sep 17 15:13 tfile.2

root@cumulus rsync]# rm dira/tfile.1
rm: remove regular file `dira/tfile.1'? y
[root@cumulus rsync]# echo $RANDOM - $RANDOM >> dira/tfile.2


[root@cumulus rsync]# ls -laR
.:
total 16
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:13 .
drwxr-x---   25 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:13 ..
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:16 dira
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:14 dirb

./dira:
total 12
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:16 .
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:13 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           30 Sep 17 15:16 tfile.2

./dirb:
total 16
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:14 .
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:13 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           16 Sep 17 15:13 tfile.1
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           16 Sep 17 15:13 tfile.2

root@cumulus rsync]# rsync -lptgoDv --delete dira/* dirb
tfile.2

sent 124 bytes  received 40 bytes  328.00 bytes/sec
total size is 30  speedup is 0.18
[root@cumulus rsync]# ls -laR
.:
total 16
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:13 .
drwxr-x---   25 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:13 ..
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:16 dira
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:17 dirb

./dira:
total 12
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:16 .
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:13 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           30 Sep 17 15:16 tfile.2

./dirb:
total 16
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:17 .
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root         4096 Sep 17 15:13 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           16 Sep 17 15:13 tfile.1
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           30 Sep 17 15:16 tfile.2

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