rsync user discussion

Richard Zinar | 18 Jun 2012 02:55

Understanding rsync --delete behavior

Hi,

When running an rsync command of the form:

$ rsync -avn --delete remotehost:/mnt/volsw_dev/AS5/  /mnt/volsw_dev/AS5

rsync wants to delete a slew of files and directories.  Partial output
includes, for example:

deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man7/zmq_tcp.7
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man7/zmq_pgm.7
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man7/zmq_ipc.7
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man7/zmq_inproc.7
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man7/zmq_epgm.7
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man7/zmq_cpp.7
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man7/zmq.7
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man7/
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man3/zmq_version.3
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man3/zmq_term.3
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man3/zmq_strerror.3
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man3/zmq_socket.3
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man3/zmq_setsockopt.3
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man3/zmq_send.3
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man3/zmq_recv.3
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man3/zmq_poll.3
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man3/zmq_msg_size.3
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man3/zmq_msg_move.3
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man3/zmq_msg_init_size.3
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man3/zmq_msg_init_data.3
deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man3/zmq_msg_init.3

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Kevin Korb | 18 Jun 2012 03:00

Re: Understanding rsync --delete behavior


My guess is that you did it wrong once in the past and have an extra
/mnt/AS5/AS5 on the target that is being purged.  Take a look for that
possibility and also try again with an addition -v and with
--itemize-changes.

On 06/17/12 20:55, Richard Zinar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When running an rsync command of the form:
> 
> $ rsync -avn --delete remotehost:/mnt/volsw_dev/AS5/
> /mnt/volsw_dev/AS5
> 
> rsync wants to delete a slew of files and directories.  Partial
> output includes, for example:
> 
> 
> deleting AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man7/zmq_tcp.7 deleting
> AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man7/zmq_pgm.7 deleting
> AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man7/zmq_ipc.7 deleting
> AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man7/zmq_inproc.7 deleting
> AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man7/zmq_epgm.7 deleting
> AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man7/zmq_cpp.7 deleting
> AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man7/zmq.7 deleting
> AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man7/ deleting
> AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man3/zmq_version.3 deleting
> AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man3/zmq_term.3 deleting
> AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man3/zmq_strerror.3 deleting
> AS5/zeromq/2.2.0/share/man/man3/zmq_socket.3 deleting

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