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I find this extremely weird that it's intended to be like this. It's very dangerous, and makes rsync not very usable in an automated way

Laurent Besnard
– Laurent Besnard

2022-02-16 00:17:16 +00:00
Commented Feb 16, 2022 at 0:17
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@LaurentBesnard Most utilities that delete files are dangerous when used in the wrong way. This answer shows that it's possible to protect against that danger and how to do that, so it's not as if the fault is with rsync.

Kusalananda
– Kusalananda ♦

2022-02-16 07:10:11 +00:00
Commented Feb 16, 2022 at 7:10

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