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Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners

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On 12/09/21 6:53 pm, l0f4r0@tuta.io wrote:

>> # actually not necessary? rsync will create it
>> mkdir -p mysite_test/doc_root
>>
> You can make a simple test to know that but I would say that rsync doesn't create your destination "root" directory (the one you specify on the command line) unless `--mkpath` is used.

I was fairly confident of that, from my regular usage.

>> # The trailing / matters. Does it matter on the source as well?
>> # I generally include it.
>> rsync -a mysite/doc_root/ mysite_test/doc_root/      # The trailing / matters.
>>
> Actually, I'm not sure to understand Greg's remark here.
> 
> In my opinion, trailing slash doesn't matter for destination folder on the contrary of *source* folder.
> 
> In other words, for me, the following are equal:
> rsync -a mysite/doc_root/ mysite_test/doc_root/
> rsync -a mysite/doc_root/ mysite_test/doc_root
> 
> But not the following:
> rsync -a mysite/doc_root mysite_test/doc_root => you will get an extra "doc_root" folder (the source one) in your dest, i.e. : mysite_test/doc_root/doc_root and then the content of doc_root source
> rsync -a mysite/doc_root/ mysite_test/doc_root => your doc_root (destination) folder will get doc_root content (source) directly

Yep. As I've mentioned elsewhere, I habitually include trailing slashes 
for both source and destination when I'm replicating a whole tree. I 
couldn't remember the details of what happens when you don't, but I know 
what happens when I do :-)

Cheers,
Richard

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copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-12 02:50 +0200
  Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-12 03:00 +0200
    Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-12 03:50 +0200
      Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2021-09-12 09:00 +0200
        Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-09-12 12:30 +0200
        Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-13 01:50 +0200
          Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-09-13 09:10 +0200
            Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-14 08:20 +0200
              Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-09-14 09:00 +0200
                Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-09-14 15:50 +0200
                Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-15 01:00 +0200
      Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-09-12 09:00 +0200
        Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-09-12 16:30 +0200
          Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-09-12 18:40 +0200
        Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-09-13 01:50 +0200
      Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-09-12 09:20 +0200
  Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2021-09-12 09:50 +0200
    Re: copy directory tree, mapping to new owners <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-09-12 10:10 +0200
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