I am not 100% sure I am interpreting this correctly but I think you are
complaining that the file was being deleted in the first command? If
so, instead of -F try --include='*/' --exclude='*'. Otherwise, maybe
you want a second -F?
On 3/6/23 16:04, Heiko Schlittermann via rsync wrote:
Hello,
given are 2 directories:
a
├── a-file
└── .rsync-filter
b
└── a-file
I'd like to sync a/ -> b/, but I'd like to *exclude* all files. But I do
not want to delete the excluded files. (The real scenario is a way more
complex, the above is my reproducer.)
and the following rsync command: `rsync -F --del a/ b/`
Note, there is *no* `--delete-excluded`:
$ rsync -F --del -inav a/ b/
sending incremental file list
*deleting a-file
.d..t...... ./
sent 62 bytes received 29 bytes 182.00 bytes/sec
total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 (DRY RUN)
Why? Because it is excluded? Using the `--exclude` option does what I
expect:
$ rsync --exclude 'a-file' --del -inav a/ b/
sending incremental file list
.d..t...... ./
>f+++++++++ .rsync-filter
sent 92 bytes received 22 bytes 228.00 bytes/sec
total size is 4 speedup is 0.04 (DRY RUN)
even does what I expect:
$ rsync --filter '- *' --del -inav a/ b/
sending incremental file list
.d..t...... ./
sent 58 bytes received 19 bytes 154.00 bytes/sec
total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 (DRY RUN)
Version:
rsync version 3.2.3 protocol version 31
Best regards from Dresden/Germany
Viele Grüße aus Dresden
Heiko Schlittermann
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