rsync - Mar 2010 - --prune-empty-dirs option not doing the job

Hello and thanks to all who so generously assist on this great list.

test command:
rsync -avm --del --prune-empty-dirs --compare-dest=/Users/generic/Desktop/B
/Users/generic/Desktop/A/ /Users/generic/Desktop/C

produces a large number of directories and nested directories on the destination
that are empty.  i've tried tweaking so many different combinations of
options i'm beginning to lose track!  none of them produce the proper result
in the destination directory.

does anyone have any ideas?

many thanks, and the feedback is greatly appreciated.

--john

On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 17:29 -0800, js_spamfree-rsync at yahoo.com
wrote:
> test command:
> rsync -avm --del --prune-empty-dirs
> --compare-dest=/Users/generic/Desktop/B /Users/generic/Desktop/A/
/Users/generic/Desktop/C
> 
> produces a large number of directories and nested directories on the
> destination that are empty.  i've tried tweaking so many different
> combinations of options i'm beginning to lose track!  none of them
> produce the proper result in the destination directory.  
This is a known issue:

http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2009-October/023981.html

You can use "find DEST -depth -type d -empty -delete" to remove the
extra directories.

-- 
Matt

Works like a charm!  Thanks, Matt!!!

--john


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From: Matt McCutchen <matt at mattmccutchen.net>
To: js_spamfree-rsync at yahoo.com
Cc: rsync at lists.samba.org
Sent: Wed, March 3, 2010 8:41:22 PM
Subject: Re: --prune-empty-dirs option not doing the job

On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 17:29 -0800, js_spamfree-rsync at yahoo.com
wrote:
> test command:
> rsync -avm --del --prune-empty-dirs
> --compare-dest=/Users/generic/Desktop/B /Users/generic/Desktop/A/
/Users/generic/Desktop/C
> 
> produces a large number of directories and nested directories on the
> destination that are empty.  i've tried tweaking so many different
> combinations of options i'm beginning to lose track!  none of them
> produce the proper result in the destination directory.  
This is a known issue:

http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2009-October/023981.html

You can use "find DEST -depth -type d -empty -delete" to remove the
extra directories.

-- 
Matt