From dff1ea00e14526346caf030c4e6ba270d3cbe8ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: joekerna Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:01:30 +0200 Subject: rsync doesn't work with files Use rsync only to delete directories and stick to rm for files. --- rsync_tmbackup.sh | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'rsync_tmbackup.sh') 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'" } -- cgit v1.2.3