rsync - Sep 2010 - -r required when -a already specified in --files-from?

Hi all,
I am using rsync v.3.0.7 (protocol v30) on ubuntu 10.04.
My rsync line looks like this,

cd /home/shantanu/
rsync -av --files-from=bin/include-to-rsync.dat /home/shantanu/ \
        /media/transcend/backup_laptop/shantanu/ 

include-to-rsync had directories in this format,
bank/
dwhelper/
clients/

When I ran the script I noticed that a files in bank/10-11 were not
getting synced. Upon adding "-r" with "-av" the files got
synced
properly.  I think when one supplies "-a", "-r" is implied.
I
reconfirmed this from man-page where it says "-a" is equal to
"-rlptgoD". 

Am I missing anything from the man-page for this?

Thanks,
Shantanu
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Kulkarni Shantanu (ml at lists.shantanukulkarni.org) wrote on 30 September 2010
22:05:
 >I am using rsync v.3.0.7 (protocol v30) on ubuntu 10.04.
 >My rsync line looks like this,
 >
 >cd /home/shantanu/
 >rsync -av --files-from=bin/include-to-rsync.dat /home/shantanu/ \
 >        /media/transcend/backup_laptop/shantanu/ 
 >
 >include-to-rsync had directories in this format,
 >bank/
 >dwhelper/
 >clients/
 >
 >When I ran the script I noticed that a files in bank/10-11 were not
 >getting synced. Upon adding "-r" with "-av" the files
got synced
 >properly.  I think when one supplies "-a", "-r" is
implied. I
 >reconfirmed this from man-page where it says "-a" is equal to
 >"-rlptgoD". 
 >
 >Am I missing anything from the man-page for this?

The man page entry for -a is pretty clear: "The only exception to the
above equivalence is when --files-from is specified, in which case -r
is not implied".

* Carlos Carvalho <carlos at fisica.ufpr.br> [101001
06:16]:
> The man page entry for -a is pretty clear: "The only exception to the
> above equivalence is when --files-from is specified, in which case -r
> is not implied".
Thanks a lot Carlos. I am still not sure how I missed that in the
manual. 

Thanks.
Shantanu
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