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2002 Jul 23
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Rsync --delete does not work
...backup some windows NT & 98 shared directories to a linux machine
linux: debian 2.2.4
rsync: 2.2.5
samba: 2.2.3a-6
I first mount the windows directory on the linux and then do a
local rsync.
---command on linux
umount /data/transfer
mount -t smbfs -o username=user,password=passwd //ntserver/exp_dir
/data/transfer
cd /data/transfer
rsync -a --delete * /data/exp_dir
umount /data/transfer
---
this works fine, except for deleted files. Files that got deleted on the
windows remain on the linux side, even after repeated rsync's
This is what the --delete option is supposed to do.
I'v...