On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 04:18:41PM +0530, Joy Dominic
wrote:> Hi folks,
>
> What is the purpose of following statements?
>
>
> [ -d $HOME/emptydir ] || mkdir $HOME/emptydir
> rsync --delete -a $HOME/emptydir/ $BSERVER::$USER/$BACKUPDIR/
To remove the contents from $BSERVER::$USER/$BACKUPDIR.
Most likely to get optimal performance from another rsync
command using the --link-dest option.
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