One for the RSync gods

[feenster99]

Hi all,
Any RSync boffins in here?

I want to synchronise two folders using Rsync. I have tried using the --delete flag to make sure any files deleted from the source are deleted from the destination. However, what I want is for any files deleted from the source to not be deleted on the destination, but moved into an "Archive" folder. So you would have 2 folders, "Live" and "Archive". Live would be an exact copy of the source, and Archive would contain any files marked for deletion.

Is this possible with Rsync?

Cheers,
Matt

 

[R4z0r]

Hi Mate,

Check this out:

http://www.mikerubel.org/computers/rsync_snapshots/

 

[feenster99]

Cheers matey. I've sorted it out however. The trick is in the --backup flag. If you set the --delete flag, and the --backup one (with folder specified), and deleted files will go into that folder. This works spot on for me.

Cheers,
Matt