Does rsync delete files from the destination if they were deleted from the source?For example, say in the source /home/me I have three files:a.txtb.txtc.txtNow, I run the command rsync -v /home/me/ user@ip.address:/home/backup and it copies files a.txt, b.txt and c.txt to /home/backup.The contents of /home/backup are nowa.txtb.txtc.txtIf I were to delete a.txt from /home/me, would a.txt get deleted from /home/backup the next time I run rsync, is there an option I need to specify or is it just completely impossible?If there are any alternatives to rsync that do this, they are welcome as well.Side note: I have read this and this relating to this topic, but I couldn't exactly understand or see how it was exactly related to the question.
Does rsync delete files on the destination that were deleted from the sending side?
rsync;backup
Only if you select one of the delete options. See man rsync for more information, but here is an excerpt:        --delete                delete extraneous files from dest dirs        --delete-before         receiver deletes before xfer, not during        --delete-during         receiver deletes during the transfer        --delete-delay          find deletions during, delete after        --delete-after          receiver deletes after transfer, not during        --delete-excluded       also delete excluded files from dest dirsThere is more detailed information for these options further down the man page.