rsync - Nov 2003 - Deleting a remote file when deleted locally...

Hello,

I have several individual files in a directory that I want to keep
syncronized.  Here's an example:


Server #1 (host):
/tmp/file1
/tmp/file2

Now of course I can run "rsync -a /tmp/file1
remoteuser@remotehost:/tmp"...

But, when I delete /tmp/file1 from the host and try to run this it
complains about /tmp/file1 being non-existant...

Can I force (or using a more elegant method) make the remote server delete
an individual file if it no longer exists on the host?...  Obviously I do
not want to rsync the entire directory, I just want that single file to be
transferred...

Oh, one more thing: a solution which involves relocating the file to a
different location is not possible in this environment....  I really need
to be able to deal with an individual file, not an entire directory..


Thanks!

- Greg

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wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have several individual files in a directory that I want to keep
> syncronized.  Here's an example:
> 
> 
> Server #1 (host):
> /tmp/file1
> /tmp/file2
> 
> Now of course I can run "rsync -a /tmp/file1
remoteuser@remotehost:/tmp"...
> 
> But, when I delete /tmp/file1 from the host and try to run this it
> complains about /tmp/file1 being non-existant...
> 
> Can I force (or using a more elegant method) make the remote server delete
> an individual file if it no longer exists on the host?...  Obviously I do
> not want to rsync the entire directory, I just want that single file to be
> transferred...
Did you notice the --delete option in the rsync manpage?  Does
that not do what you want here?
-- 
Hardy Merrill
Red Hat, Inc.

Yeah, that does not work because it only seems to operate on an entire
directory not an individual file..

- Greg