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Why does rsync skip a sub-folder named "core"?

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Mar 15, 20263064 views
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Problem

I'm using the following command to synch files from one folder to another on my local OSX system: Inside of there are several sub-folders: All folders and content are copied as expected, except for . Renaming the folder resolves the problem, but isn't an option. For example, named as and it works.

Error Output

rsync -avC ./src ~/Sites

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Fix for: Why does rsync skip a sub-folder named "core"?

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It does that because you asked it to. Specifically, you asked with that it "ignore things like CVS does". That includes various junk like core dumps that are not really interesting at the far side of the link. Except it does that by name rather than…

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