[aklug] Re: Rsync file updating

Quoting Jason McEachen <jason@brightshinyobject.com>:

> Hey Christoper,
>
> Rsync is one of my favorite tools. I use it all the time to make huge
> arrays of rolling backups, because I'm a data-whore.
>
> The answer to your question is: receiver deletes before transfer
> (default) (from http://www.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync.html --delete-before =
)
>
> BUT there are four different command line directives you can specify
> --delete-before receiver deletes before transfer (default)
> --delete-during receiver deletes during xfer, not before
> --delete-delay find deletions during, delete after
> --delete-after receiver deletes after transfer, not before
> IF you want to take more control and choose when rsync cleans out the old.
>
> Personally I'm a fan of "--delete-after," but use whatever fits your need,
>
> --Jason
>

More good stuff!

Seems like I'm going to have to get cracking!

Wonder what I should post about?

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Received on Sun Dec 5 15:20:24 2010