Re: [SUGGESTION] CVSync

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, Joel Miller <joelwmiller(at)sbcglobal(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Hackers List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [SUGGESTION] CVSync
Date: 2006-03-25 05:50:18
Message-ID: 4424DA1A.3050705@commandprompt.com
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
>> Just to be clear. The comma was a mistype. I was stating that you do not
>> want to use a period. If you use a period and you are not in the correct
>> directory, rsync will remove everything within your working directory.
>
> Oh, so you're saying the second argument should be an absolute path?

Yes, that is exactly what I am saying. Although I typically will use a
relative path, I always specify a directory name.

> OK, that's a great clue -- right on par with "don't rm -rf ." ...

Yep, just one of those foot guns I prefer not to use ;)

Joshua D. Drake

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