Well, what you have should function. But rsync is going to sort the list. On 9/17/21 8:26 PM, hancooper wrote: > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On Saturday, September 18, 2021 12:06 AM, Kevin Korb via rsync > <rsync@lists.samba.org> wrote: > >> Not really sure what you are trying to accomplish here. Seems like it >> should work the way you have it. Note that many wonky rsync kludges are >> due to people not realizing that rsync can have multiple source >> arguments. Instead of the source simply being . it can be a list of >> stuff. Also, note that -a includes --recursive except when --files-from >> is in play. > > I am trying send via rsync a shuffled list of files. > > >> On 9/17/21 7:11 PM, hancooper via rsync wrote: >> >>> I am trying to pass filename results that have been shuffled, then pass >>> the file to rsync. >>> Not quite sure whether to use --files-from=- or some other way. >>> shuf -n "$nf" -e ${dpath}/${incl} | >>> rsync -av --update --files-from=- . "$dst" >> >> -- >> >> ~-,._.,-~'`^`'~-,._.,-~'`^`'~-,._.,-~'`^`'~-,._.,-~'`^`'~-,._., >> Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 >> Systems Administrator Internet: >> FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) >> Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) >> Web page: https://sanitarium.net/ >> PGP public key available on web site. >> ~-,..,-~'`^`'~-,..,-~'`^`'~-,..,-~'`^`'~-,..,-~'`^`'~-,._., >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> 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 >
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