okay.... you inspired me to read the man page for rsync. Now for the questions: -I don't get the double colon (::) -What is a module? the man page says that the first word of the pat is the module name..... I don''t get it! -I am using a different browse on each machine. as I rsync it syncs .mozila files and .chromium files. Could I do --exclude On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Stephen wrote: > you can tell rsync to delete with a switch. you just have to trust > yourself with file deletetion :-) > > On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > > yeah. looks like I copied the files with the locks in place so I copied > the > > locks. then when I closed the files and rsynced again it didn't delete > the > > locks because rsyn doesn't delete things. I still think we should have > the > > option of deleting the lock when libreoffice detects it! > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: