From 598c409e63cb1bfa5a17128e00d963c46775ad90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wayne Davison Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 07:39:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document --delete-before. --- rsync.yo | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/rsync.yo b/rsync.yo index 4aea13a4..9971b63e 100644 --- a/rsync.yo +++ b/rsync.yo @@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ verb( --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 @@ -679,7 +680,7 @@ file that is larger than the specified SIZE. The SIZE value can be 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 -- 2.34.1