rsync - Jun 2012 - [Bug 8973] New: --delete or similar (--delete-after / --delete-before) does not work if used after --rsh

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8973

           Summary: --delete or similar (--delete-after / --delete-before)
                    does not work if used after --rsh
           Product: rsync
           Version: 3.1.0
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned at samba.org
        ReportedBy: atajsic at gmail.com
         QAContact: rsync-qa at samba.org


Testing Environments

rsync -avzie --delete --rsh="ssh -p 1234 -i
/home/username/.ssh/user-rsync-key"
rsync at example.com:/var/www/ /media/Files/Backups/rsync/www/

This will copy, and update files as expected, however will not delete the files
on the local machine if they no longer exist on the remote.

However, by moving the --delete to after the --rsh command, local files are
deleted as expected...


rsync -avzie --rsh="ssh -p 1234 -i /home/username/.ssh/user-rsync-key"
--delete
rsync at example.com:/var/www/ /media/Files/Backups/rsync/www/

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https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8973

Wayne Davison <wayned at samba.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID

--- Comment #1 from Wayne Davison <wayned at samba.org> 2012-06-16
17:13:10 UTC ---
The -e option is an alias for --rsh, so your first command says your
remote-shell command is "--delete", and it is then changed by the
repeated
--rsh option.  Drop the "e" from the "-avzie" list, and
you'll be fine.

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