Bug 8057 - -x negates --force
Summary: -x negates --force
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 7953
Alias: None
Product: rsync
Classification: Unclassified
Component: core (show other bugs)
Version: 3.0.7
Hardware: All All
: P5 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Wayne Davison
QA Contact: Rsync QA Contact
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Reported: 2011-04-04 16:51 UTC by ED Fochler
Modified: 2011-04-04 18:24 UTC (History)
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Description ED Fochler 2011-04-04 16:51:34 UTC 
more specifically, -x inhibits --force from recursively descending a directory to delete when it is being replaced by a non-directory.  2.6.9 and 3.0.7 on all platforms I've tested exhibit the same behavior. Mac, linux, OpenBSD. The following commands produce the error:

rm -rf src dest                                                                 
                                                                                
mkdir src src/sub1 src/sub1/sub1a src/sub2 src/sub2/sub2a                       
rsync -ax src/ dest/                                                            
                                                                                
rm -Rf src/sub2                                                                 
ln -s sub1 src/sub2                                                             
rsync  --force -ax src/ dest/
Comment 1 Wayne Davison 2011-04-04 16:58:29 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 7953 ***
Comment 2 ED Fochler 2011-04-04 18:24:51 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> 
> *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 7953 ***

Wow.  You are correct sir.  This is fixed in 3.0.8.  Shame on me.

     Thank you very much.