rsync --delete-before -d /tmp/empty/ /the/folder/you/want/delete/
不要忘记文件夹后的“/”
附：
rsync的跟删除相关的参数
rsync --help | grep delete
--del an alias for --delete-during
--delete delete files that don't exist on the sending side
--delete-before receiver deletes before transfer (default)
--delete-during receiver deletes during transfer, not before
--delete-after receiver deletes after transfer, not before
--delete-excluded also delete excluded files on the receiving side
--ignore-errors delete even if there are I/O errors
--max-delete=NUM don't delete more than NUM files
rsync --delete-before -a -H -v --progress --stats /tmp/test/ log/
这样我们要删除的log目录就会被清空了，删除的速度会非常快。rsync实际上用的是替换原理，处理数十万个文件也是秒删。
选项说明：
–delete-before 接收者在传输之前进行删除操作
–progress 在传输时显示传输过程
-a 归档模式，表示以递归方式传输文件，并保持所有文件属性
-H 保持硬连接的文件
-v 详细输出模式
–stats 给出某些文件的传输状态