On Monday 23 June 2008 11:55:59 pm Matt McCutchen wrote: > On Mon, 2008-06-23 at 15:05 +0000, Corey wrote: > > Is there any way of filtering which files --delete removes? > > > > ...something like a --delete-exclude=FILTER option or something > > equivalent? > > This is exactly what "protect" filters (--filter='P pattern') do. >
Ah - nice, I had overlooked that while perusing the man page; too much in a hurry for my own good! > Actually, by default, a plain exclude like --exclude=pattern or > --filter='- pattern' both "hides" matching source files from the file > list and "protects" matching destination files from deletion. With > --delete-excluded, plain excludes only hide and you have to use > --filter='P pattern' to protect. > > > I want to do an rsync on multiple directories, however I only want one of > > these directories to have files deleted, or I only want certain specific > > files deleted, not all of them - is this possible? > > Do something like --filter='R /delete/in/D/*' --filter='P *'. The "R" > is for "risk", the opposite of "protect". Files in directory D will > match the first filter and be considered for deletion, while all other > files will match the second and be protected from deletion. > Excellent; thanks a ton - that's exactly what I was looking for. Kind regards! -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
