I want to make two directories synchronized. I know there is a robocopy /MIR
command in Windows that can achieve this. Ex:
robocopy D:test1 E:Backup /MIR
When there is a file updated or deleted, the backup directory can keep synchronization.
I have tried in Linux through the rsync
command like this:
rsync -a /usr/test /usr/backup
but when I delete a file under /usr/test
and then run this command, the deleted file still exists in /backup/test
— the two directories can’t keep asynchronization. So, how can I achieve the synchronization of two directories in Linux?
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Answer
rsync
has a --delete
option which does what was asked:
--delete delete extraneous files from dest dirs
It has a lot of related options.
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