--ignore-existing ignore files that already exist on receiver
--del an alias for --delete-during
--delete delete files that don't exist on sender
+ --delete-before receiver deletes before transfer (default)
--delete-during receiver deletes during xfer, not before
--delete-after receiver deletes after transfer, not before
--delete-excluded also delete excluded files on receiver
suffixed with a letter to indicate a size multiplier (K, M, or G) and
may be a fractional value (e.g. "--max-size=1.5m").
-dit(bf(--delete)) This tells rsync to delete extraneous files from the
+dit(bf(--delete, --delete-before)) This tells rsync to delete extraneous files from the
receiving side (ones that aren't on the sending side), but only for the
directories that are being synchronized. You must have asked rsync to
send the whole directory (e.g. "dir" or "dir/") without using a wildcard