What are the differences between the rsync delete options?
Problem
I see on the rsync man page that there are a number of options, but don't really understand the differences between them. What are the differences between these options?
Error Output
--del an alias for --delete-during --delete delete extraneous files from dest dirs --delete-before receiver deletes before transfer (default) --delete-during receiver deletes during xfer, not before --delete-delay find deletions during, …
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: Deletes files from the destination dir as they are copied (saves memory compared to : makes a separate scan to look for deleteables) : Deletes files in the destination directory if they don't exist in the source directory. : Delete files in the destination directory before copying file-with-same-name from source directory : Delete files in the destination directory WHILE copying file-with-same-name from source directory : Mark deletes during transfer, but wait until transfer is complete : Rec…
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