Re: rsync --delete

From	Mike McClain <mike.junk.46@att.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: rsync --delete
Date	2020-10-17 20:30 +0200
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On Sat, Oct 17, 2020 at 10:30:04AM +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 05:09:42PM -0500, Mike McClain wrote:
> > I've been using rsync to backup to a flash drive but it's not
> > performing exactly as I expected.
>
> I think Will nailed it. Your problem is not an rsync problem,
> but a shell (presumably bash) problem:
>
> Simply do:
>   Params="-a --inplace --delete"
>
> then
>   /usr/bin/rsync $Params [...]
>
> There is one thing I still don't understand about this script. Why does
> it invoke /usr/bin/rsync? Does the script writer know better where the
> "right" rsync lives? Or the sysadmin/user, who is in control of $PATH?
>
> Cheers
>  - t

Tom & Will,
You hit right on the head.
I realized it when seeing Klaus post "Params=-a --inplace --delete".

I know better but write bash scripts so seldom that I forget the
intricacies and switching back and forth between bash, perl and ruby
fogs my mind.

As for your last question, the script is called from cron and I'm
never sure whether cron is going to be able to find things so have
just gotten into the habit of putting the path in.

Thanks for the help,
Mike
--
If a Communist mole got elected as President of the United States,
    how would he act?    -   MM

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rsync --delete Mike McClain <mike.junk.46@att.net> - 2020-10-17 00:30 +0200
  Re: rsync --delete Klaus Singvogel <deb-user-ml@singvogel.net> - 2020-10-17 00:40 +0200
    Re: rsync --delete Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-19 13:40 +0200
  Re: rsync --delete ellanios82 <ellanios82@gmail.com> - 2020-10-17 00:40 +0200
  Re: rsync --delete Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-10-17 04:10 +0200
  Re: rsync --delete Will Mengarini <seldon@eskimo.com> - 2020-10-17 08:40 +0200
    Re: rsync --delete Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-19 13:50 +0200
  Re: rsync --delete <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-10-17 10:40 +0200
    Re: rsync --delete David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-10-17 14:20 +0200
      Re: rsync --delete <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-10-17 15:30 +0200
    Re: rsync --delete Mike McClain <mike.junk.46@att.net> - 2020-10-17 20:30 +0200
      Re: rsync --delete Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-19 13:50 +0200
    Re: rsync --delete Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-10-18 12:50 +0200
  Re: rsync --delete Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2020-10-17 17:30 +0200
  Re: rsync --delete David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-10-18 00:10 +0200
    Re: rsync --delete Mike McClain <mike.junk.46@att.net> - 2020-10-19 01:40 +0200
    Re: rsync --delete Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-19 14:00 +0200
      Re: rsync --delete Mike McClain <mike.junk.46@att.net> - 2020-10-19 21:10 +0200
        Re: rsync --delete Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-19 21:20 +0200
          Re: rsync --delete Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-10-19 23:20 +0200
            Re: rsync --delete David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-10-20 05:10 +0200
              Re: rsync --delete Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-10-20 09:30 +0200
                Re: rsync --delete David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-10-20 10:00 +0200
                Re: rsync --delete Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-10-20 10:20 +0200
              Re: rsync --delete Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-10-20 11:10 +0200
        Re: rsync --delete David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-10-19 23:20 +0200
      Re: rsync --delete David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-10-20 05:20 +0200
        Re: rsync --delete David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2020-10-20 06:10 +0200
          Re: rsync --delete Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2020-10-20 12:10 +0200
        Re: rsync --delete Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-20 13:50 +0200
          Re: rsync --delete The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-10-20 14:50 +0200
            Re: rsync --delete Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-20 15:10 +0200
              Re: rsync --delete The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2020-10-20 15:50 +0200
                Re: rsync --delete Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-20 16:10 +0200
    define (or translate, or substitute for) "interpolate": Re: rsync --delete rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-10-19 14:30 +0200
      Re: define (or translate, or substitute for) "interpolate": Re: rsync --delete rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-10-19 14:50 +0200
      Re: define (or translate, or substitute for) "interpolate": Re:  rsync --delete <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-10-19 15:00 +0200
        Re: define (or translate, or substitute for) "interpolate": Re: rsync --delete rhkramer@gmail.com - 2020-10-20 02:10 +0200
          Re: define (or translate, or substitute for) "interpolate": Re: rsync  --delete David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-10-20 05:50 +0200
  Re: rsync --delete Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-19 14:10 +0200

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