--rsync-set-flags and --rsync-append-flags for "--dry-run" is not working

[jesusguevarautomotriz]

--rsync-set-flags and --rsync-append-flags for "--dry-run" is not working: error: argument --rsync-set-flags: expected one argument.

[basnijholt]

Hi @jesusguevarautomotriz,

Thanks for reporting!

I see a couple of problems with the command.

You probably want to use --rsync-append-flags instead of --rsync-set-flags because you will be overwriting the following:

❯ ./rsync_time_machine.py ~/dotfiles /Volumes/4TB/dotfiles --rsync-set-flags="--dry-run" --rsync-get-flags
rsync-time-machine.py: Rsync flags:
--dry-run

vs

❯ ./rsync_time_machine.py ~/dotfiles /Volumes/4TB/dotfiles --rsync-append-flags="--dry-run" --rsync-get-flags
rsync-time-machine.py: Rsync flags:
-D --numeric-ids --links --hard-links --one-file-system --itemize-changes --times --recursive --perms --owner --group --stats --human-readable --dry-run

Then you need an equals sign in your command:

--rsync-append-flags="--dry-run"

[jesusguevarautomotriz]

It is my mistake. Thank you very much for the explanation, I will try the script again.