Chris's Wiki :: blog/sysadmin/RsyncForCopiesDanger Commentshttps://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/RsyncForCopiesDanger?atomcommentsDWiki2018-08-03T06:06:04ZRecent comments in Chris's Wiki :: blog/sysadmin/RsyncForCopiesDanger.By Aristotle Pagaltzis on /blog/sysadmin/RsyncForCopiesDangertag:CSpace:blog/sysadmin/RsyncForCopiesDanger:be633bb74f6ad1521691a24d932f8a6072281024Aristotle Pagaltzishttp://plasmasturm.org/<div class="wikitext"><p>I find myself reflexively ending directory paths in “<code>/.</code>” when I pass them to rsync because even after all these years I still have trouble reliably recalling what syntax does what when it comes to directories, but I do know that spelling directories this way <em>usually</em> makes it do what I wanted it to.</p>
<p>Your example here is a case in point.</p>
<p>(Admittedly it’s a bit of a lazy copout that has kept me from actually learning the syntax properly, so my use of it contributes to the very reason I use it…)</p>
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