I have a situation that I think might be a bug, but would like someone
else to have a look at before I create a report.
Here's a list of the source:
drwxr-xr-x. 8 root root 4096 Feb 24 10:56 current
-rw-r--r--. 2 root root 2427204 Feb 21 12:18
qmailadmin-toaster-1.2.16-1.4.1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--. 2 root root 24875 Mar 1 2012
qmailmrtg-toaster-4.2-1.3.7.src.rpm
-rw-r--r--. 2 root root 331753 Mar 8 2012
qmail-toaster-1.03-1.3.22.src.rpm
Each of these files is linked to an identically named file in the
"current" directory.
Then I run rsync as such:
rsync --archive \
--compress \
--delay-updates \
--delete-after \
--hard-links \
"$source"/* \
"$target"
Afterwards, at the target site:
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Feb 24 10:56 current
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2416365 Aug 2 2012
qmailadmin-toaster-1.2.16-1.4.0.src.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 2427204 Feb 21 12:18
qmailadmin-toaster-1.2.16-1.4.1.src.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 24875 Mar 1 2012
qmailmrtg-toaster-4.2-1.3.7.src.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 2 root root 331753 Mar 8 2012
qmail-toaster-1.03-1.3.22.src.rpm
The qmailadmin*1.4.0.src.rpm file was deleted from the "current"
directory, but the other in the target root remain (link count was 2, is
now 1).
I can't figure why the 1.4.0 file isn't being removed. It's not
removed
on subsequent runs either.
Anyone have some insight?
TIA.
--
-Eric 'shubes'
Matthias Schniedermeyer
2013-Mar-02 20:52 UTC
rsync not deleting file (which was hard linked)
On 02.03.2013 13:14, Eric Shubert wrote:> I have a situation that I think might be a bug, but would like > someone else to have a look at before I create a report....> "$source"/* \As far as i know rsync, this is your error. Ignoring the current-directory you rsync a bunch of files. IIRC rsync doesn't delete files on the commandline, only files missing in a directory. Personally i nearly always sync complete directories. rsync -av source-dir/ target-dir/ (Notice the slashes at the end) That what is very easy to understand and works "unsurprising". -- Matthias