rsync doesn't work with files

Use rsync only to delete directories and stick to rm for files.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/rsync_tmbackup.sh b/rsync_tmbackup.sh
index b1d987a..f5a2d01 100755
--- a/rsync_tmbackup.sh
+++ b/rsync_tmbackup.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,13 @@ fn_mkdir() {
 
 fn_rm() {
 	fn_run_cmd "mkdir  /tmp/rsync-time-backup-emptydir"
-	fn_run_cmd "rsync -a --delete /tmp/rsync-time-backup-emptydir/ '$1'"
+	if   [ -d '$1' ] ; then
+		# when deleting a directory use rsyny for performance reasons
+		fn_run_cmd "rsync -a --delete /tmp/rsync-time-backup-emptydir/ '$1'"
+	elif [ -f '$1' ]; then
+		# when deleting a file use regular rm
+        	fn_run_cmd "rm -f '$1'"
+	fi
 	fn_run_cmd "rm -rf /tmp/rsync-time-backup-emptydir '$1'"
 }