rsync not deleting files on target

[MegaMan1122]

Hi all, I'm using the command below to sync two directories. Problem is insted of deleting the files on the target directory it simply appends a ~ character at the end of the file name. Not sure why this is happening?

I'd like to have all deletes on the source replicated on target.

rsync -havub --delete /home/ /backup/home/

The source file had a file called test /home/test.txt which I've deleted.
Ran the sync again.
The target now has a file called /backup/home/test.txt~

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

[HROAdmin26]

Not sure why this is happening?

Rsync Manual - man rsync

-b, --backup                make backups (see --suffix & --backup-dir)
            --backup-dir=DIR        make backups into hierarchy based in DIR
            --suffix=SUFFIX         backup suffix (default ~ w/o --backup-dir)

[MegaMan1122]

Thanks for the reply, omitting the 'b' switch fixed the problem

Cheers