# \[Autoscaler\] Rsync behavior

**URL:** <https://discuss.ray.io/t/autoscaler-rsync-behavior/2491>\
**Category:** Ray Clusters\
**Created:** [June 11, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/autoscaler-rsync-behavior/2491 "2021-06-11T14:15:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jeffrey\_Waldron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ray.io/jeffrey_waldron/32/36_2.png) [@Jeffrey\_Waldron](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Jeffrey_Waldron)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/autoscaler-rsync-behavior/2491/1 "2021-06-11T14:15:07Z")

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Is there a way to specify that rsync remove files/directories at the target that no longer exist at source, i.e. --delete flag?

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**Author:** ![architkulkarni](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ray.io/architkulkarni/32/10_2.png) [@architkulkarni](https://discuss.ray.io/u/architkulkarni)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/autoscaler-rsync-behavior/2491/2 "2021-06-17T04:24:26Z")

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cc @ericl , do you know the answer to this?

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**Author:** ![chuckhope](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ray.io/chuckhope/32/1816_2.png) [@chuckhope](https://discuss.ray.io/u/chuckhope)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/autoscaler-rsync-behavior/2491/3 "2021-12-02T08:49:06Z")

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upupup same problem. Worker sync all checkpoints to the head without referring to the keep\_check\_num setting