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2010 Sep 30
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-r required when -a already specified in --files-from?
Hi all,
I am using rsync v.3.0.7 (protocol v30) on ubuntu 10.04.
My rsync line looks like this,
cd /home/shantanu/
rsync -av --files-from=bin/include-to-rsync.dat /home/shantanu/ \
/media/transcend/backup_laptop/shantanu/
include-to-rsync had directories in this format,
bank/
dwhelper/
clients/
When I ran the script I noticed that a files in bank/10-11 were not
getting synced. Upon adding "-r" with "-av" the files got synced
properly. I think when one supplies "-a", "...