Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
>> Just to be clear. The comma was a mistype. I was stating that you do not
>> want to use a period. If you use a period and you are not in the correct
>> directory, rsync will remove everything within your working directory.
>
> Oh, so you're saying the second argument should be an absolute path?
Yes, that is exactly what I am saying. Although I typically will use a
relative path, I always specify a directory name.
> OK, that's a great clue -- right on par with "don't rm -rf ." ...
Yep, just one of those foot guns I prefer not to use ;)
Joshua D. Drake
>
> regards, tom lane
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