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I believe if you don't use a slash at the end of the source directory, it will copy the _directory_, not just its contents. rsync code remote:/ I believe
by jjice 6y ago
I believe if you don't use a slash at the end of the source directory, it will copy the _directory_, not just its contents.
rsync code remote:/
I believe that results in remote:/code/app.js
rsync code/ remote:/
I believe that results in remote:/app.js
- gjvc 6y agoGood explanation -- at the risk of mindlessly repeating you, my reason for the "always use trailing/ slashes/" suggestion is that the behaviour in that case has (for me at least) always been the scenario desired most often: rsync /some/where/local/ host:/another/place/remote/ The contents of local/ go into remote/