[Plplot-cvs] SF.net SVN: plplot:[8796] trunk/README.Release_Manager_Cookbook

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Revision: 8796
          http://plplot.svn.sourceforge.net/plplot/?rev=8796&view=rev
Author:   airwin
Date:     2008-09-23 00:00:19 +0000 (Tue, 23 Sep 2008)

Log Message:
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Tweak rsync cookbook.

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/README.Release_Manager_Cookbook

Modified: trunk/README.Release_Manager_Cookbook
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--- trunk/README.Release_Manager_Cookbook	2008-09-22 23:43:36 UTC (rev 8795)
+++ trunk/README.Release_Manager_Cookbook	2008-09-23 00:00:19 UTC (rev 8796)
@@ -63,13 +63,22 @@
 created.
 
 rsync -av --delete \
-/home/irwin/public_html/plplot/htdocs/* \
+/home/irwin/public_html/plplot/htdocs/ \
 airwin,pl...@we...:htdocs 
 
 Adjust for your username and WEBSITE_PREFIX.  The ",plplot" part of the
 username makes sure you have the right group permissions and default website
-directory location for PLplot.
+directory location for PLplot.  
 
+N.B. the trailing slash on the source directory is essential and means rsync
+the contents of this directory with the contents of the destination htdocs
+directory.  Without the trailing slash you would rsync the the contents of
+the source directory with the contents of the htdocs/htdocs destination
+directory which is not what you want to do.  
+
+N.B. the --dry-run option for rsync is a god-send and tells you exactly what
+will happen without actually doing it.
+
 (3) Creating a test tarball from trunk
 
 This optional step is only required if you have some concerns about how


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