How to make rsync delete destination directories no longer existing at source?

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I have hard drive that I back up with rsync to a network-attached storage. There are some non-empty directories at the destination (the nas) that do not exist on the source anymore. It is not a permission issue.

I had a mount issue on the OS.

The --delete option does work. The --force option (without the --delete) does not report any more diretory deletions (--progress option).

rsync -raz --progress --delete --ignore-errors --exclude-from='exclude_list.txt' {source} {destination}

try to use the rsync with the delete options, man rsync can help you — c4f4t0r, May 22 '15 at 10:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 22 '15 at 10:28

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I had the same situation but just synchronizing a master and slave:

rsync -rpogt --delete ${origin} ${destination}

answered May 22 '15 at 10:28

alphamikevictor

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I don't understand your syntax. What do the $-signs do? – jjack May 22 '15 at 11:00
@jjack is just to must replace `${origin}` with your source and `${destination}`with your destination, like for example: `rsync -rpogt --delete /home/ /nfsnas/home/` – alphamikevictor May 22 '15 at 11:16

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 22 '15 at 13:59

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Try this command

rsync -ravzX --delete <source> <destination>

answered May 22 '15 at 13:59

Booth

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What does the X do? – jjack May 22 '15 at 14:14
It preserves extended attributes. – Booth May 22 '15 at 14:17
Is X a replacement for 'g' and 'o'? – jjack May 22 '15 at 17:01
i am not sure.but i use X only – Booth May 25 '15 at 10:23
X doesn't work. It's not recognized. Maybe that's an issue with my rsync version. – jjack May 31 '15 at 16:05

How to make rsync delete destination directories no longer existing at source?

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