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Update the rsync command in CONVERTING_TO_HOMED 

The old version of this command will delete everything under the new home directory (including `.identity`), rendering the directory unusable with homed.
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Gergely Polonkai 2020-05-06 08:49:39 +00:00 committed by Lennart Poettering
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@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Here's the step-by-step guide:
home directory temporarily and copy the data in. home directory temporarily and copy the data in.
``` ```
homectl with foobar -- rsync -aHAXv --delete-during /home/foobar.saved/ . homectl with foobar -- rsync -aHAXv --remove-source-files /home/foobar.saved/ .
``` ```
This mounts the home directory of the user, and then runs the specified This mounts the home directory of the user, and then runs the specified
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new. The new home directory is the working directory of the invoked `rsync` new. The new home directory is the working directory of the invoked `rsync`
process. We are invoking this command as root, hence the `rsync` runs as process. We are invoking this command as root, hence the `rsync` runs as
root too. When the `rsync` command completes the home directory is root too. When the `rsync` command completes the home directory is
automatically unmounted again. Since we used `--delete-during` all files automatically unmounted again. Since we used `--remove-source-files` all files
copied are removed from the old home directory as the copy progresses. After copied are removed from the old home directory as the copy progresses. After
the command completes the old home directory should be empty. Let's remove the command completes the old home directory should be empty. Let's remove
it hence: it hence: