rsync - Apr 2005 - rsync duplicates after file removal

Hi,

After I have removed some files from the backup computer with the command

find /home/user/.Maildir/.Spam/* -mtime +30 -type f -exec rm "{}" \;

does the command:

rsync -av -e "ssh -l root" host:/home/* /home

create many duplicates.

What I expect is for it to just  "restore" the backup to what it was 
like before.

I'm using rsync  version 2.6.3  and redhat8.

Any ideas?

Best regards

/jon

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Jon Essen-M?ller
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On Thu 14 Apr 2005, Jon Essen-Moller wrote:
> 
> After I have removed some files from the backup computer with the command
> 
> find /home/user/.Maildir/.Spam/* -mtime +30 -type f -exec rm "{}"
\;
> 
> does the command:
> 
> rsync -av -e "ssh -l root" host:/home/* /home
> 
> create many duplicates.
Does it create those duplicates in the /home/user/.Maildir/.Spam/
directory, or elsewhere?

BTW, I'd use:
    rsync -av -e "ssh -l root" host:/home/ /home

Let rsync take care of the recursion, as you've given it the -a option.
> What I expect is for it to just  "restore" the backup to what it
was
> like before.
So would I, so I'd be interested in seeing what files are duplicated
where.


Paul Slootman

On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 05:40:25PM +0200, Jon Essen-Moller
wrote:
> rsync -av -e "ssh -l root" host:/home/* /home
I would imagine that those duplicates also exist on the backup server
(unless that edited rsync command is inaccurate in some significant
way).

..wayne..