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I ran across something I did not expect in rsync the other day. If you want to sync the contents of a local directory to a remote directory, you would use something like this: rsync -rptv /local/directory/ user@host::module/remotedirectory/ The root of the sync is "/local/directory" and files are referenced as "file1", "file2", etc... However, the reverse is not true. This command: rsync -rptv user@host::module/remotedirectory/ /local/directory/ will sync the files using "/local" as th...

Hi all, Today I came across something that I consider a bug. Would like to hear your opinions. Facts: - Using 0.22.1 from Debian Unstable on a Debian Testing machine - Recipes work on other machines The recipe in question is: # Keep home-dirs in sync file { "/home/tim": recurse => true, source =>

...s, but otherwise sync the two directories exactly, erasing files that no longer appear in the source directory. I am also using an --exclude-from file to remove emacs (~) backup files and such things. I have something like: rsync -va --delete --exclude-from=$EXCLUDES_FILE --stats /var/www/mysite remoteDirectory I'm not sure how to use --delete and still keep certain files / dirs (those .svn dirs). Any help would be appreciate. Thanks, GMF. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/rsync---delete-%28but-not-all-files%29-question-tp17751838p17751838.html Sent from the Samba - rsync mai...