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2009 Jul 14
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--delete-before doesn't seem to actually be deleting before transfer
I have a script transferring some backup files onto a USB stick, which
has limited space. I use rsync 3.0.5 with the following command:
rsync -av --delete-before /local/backups/dir/backup1_todaysdate
/local/backups/dir/backup2_todaysdate
/local/backups/dir/backup3_todaysdate /USBstick/backups/dir
The USB stick runs out of space if more than 1 backup set is put on it,
so I'd assumed that by using the --delete-before option would first
scrub /USBstick/backups/dir of any files that I hadn't listed to be
transfered - is this how it works? Because it doesn't se...