Bug 10681 - Add an option to delete non-existent files in --files-from
Summary: Add an option to delete non-existent files in --files-from
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: rsync
Classification: Unclassified
Component: core (show other bugs)
Version: 3.0.9
Hardware: All All
: P5 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Wayne Davison
QA Contact: Rsync QA Contact
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Reported: 2014-07-01 03:17 UTC by Daniel O'Connor
Modified: 2014-07-02 09:48 UTC (History)
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Description Daniel O'Connor 2014-07-01 03:17:57 UTC 
I have a script which monitors file system events and then calls rsync using --files-from, however that does not handle the case where those files do not exist so I currently have a separate job which culls files have been deleted.

It would be nicer if rsync read a file explicitly mentioned in --files-from that does not exist as one which needs deletion on the destination.
Comment 1 Kevin Korb 2014-07-01 03:20:27 UTC 
Upgrade your rsync and use --delete-missing-args
Comment 2 Wayne Davison 2014-07-01 04:02:43 UTC 
As mentioned, this is already implemented.
Comment 3 Daniel O'Connor 2014-07-01 04:49:03 UTC 
Hah thanks, I thought I had the latest but apparently not.
Comment 4 Dmitry Yu Okunev 2014-07-02 09:48:25 UTC 
Hello.

(In reply to comment #0)
> I have a script which monitors file system events and then calls rsync using
> --files-from, however that does not handle the case where those files do not
> exist so I currently have a separate job which culls files have been deleted.
> 
> It would be nicer if rsync read a file explicitly mentioned in --files-from
> that does not exist as one which needs deletion on the destination.

I wrote a similar utility. And it uses "--include-from" instead of "--files-from".