[NTLUG:Discuss] Bash/rsync script help.

[Eric Waguespack]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Eric Waguespack <ewaguespack at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:02 AM, CoryC <oakleeman at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> process to see what might be wrong?
>> Thanks,
>> Cory
>>
>> rsync -avR --delete --files-from=/backup/modified_files.txt / /mnt/usb/vol1/
>
> I think the issue here is that rsync won't delete when you specify an
> input list, basically it isn't rsyncing directories, only files, so
> the receiver does not know what to delete.
>
> a quick google turned up this work around, I have not tested it so be careful
>
>
> ===========================
> rsync [OPTIONS] --include-from=/tmp/BACKUPFILE --exclude='*'
> /var/data/shares/vmbackups/ /mnt/usb_backup/SFSYDVS01/daily.0/VM/
>
> This way, rsync will scan the destination directory for deletions (since
> you have -a without --files-from, which implies -r) and will delete the
> old files because they are excluded with --delete-excluded.
> ===========================
>

here is the post I pulled this info out of:

http://www.nabble.com/--files-from%3D-and---delete-corrent-options-td19602241.html