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Asked: 2020-11-28 02:10:48 +0800 CST

How to get an update of deleted file on host machine only with rsync

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I run my rsync backups without the --delete flag just in case something is deleted accidentally. In my logs with the -v flag I simply get informed of a change in the parent directory of the deleted file, so I cannot tell what file was affected. When I use the -vvv flag, I get no descriptive information that separates the deleted file from the rest of the files. Same when including --itemize-changes.

I am trying to find a way to get updated in my logs when a file was deleted on my host machine even though I do not want it deleted on my target machine. I want to be able to check what was deleted every so often before running the --delete flag manually. I want to run the rsync log info through a simple script to make a list of 'deleted' files (files deleted only on machine a but not machine b), but cannot find the information that basically says "a file was deleted on machine a but not making any changes to the backup on machine b.

My commands:

rsync -avz -e ssh /files/to/backup [email protected]:/Target/backup/file --log-file=/path/to/log -q

or

rsync -avvvz -e ssh /files/to/backup [email protected]:/Target/backup/file --log-file=/path/to/log -q
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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Use --delete together with --dry-run in your command.

    From man rsync:

    --delete

    This option can be dangerous if used incorrectly! It is a very good idea to
    first try a run using the --dry-run option (-n) to see what files are going
    to be deleted.
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