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Why not do the du on the backup where the excluded files aren't there?

On 10/05/11 12:57, Paul Dugas wrote:
> I use --filter='dir-merge .backup-filter" to allow my users to
> designate portions of their home directories that should be excluded
> from my rsync-based backup system.  I'm looking for a way to
> periodically generate a report that shows the amount of backup space
> being used by each user.  I've tinkered with writing my own script
> that processes any filter files into --exclude parameters for "du" but
> recently, I've been wondering if there's an easier way that would use
> rsync itself, the --filter argument, and --dry-run.  Anyone ever run
> into something like this?
> 
> P

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