Re: Exclude and delete or not delete

2018-12-05 Thread Fabian Cenedese via rsync
>You need to switch to filters where you have the additional options >hide, show, risk, and protect. See the filter rules section of man rsync. Thanks for the hint. Though I've been using rsync for years this part has somehow escaped me. I've read up on the filters and they do what I need. The d

Re: Exclude and delete or not delete

2018-12-04 Thread Kevin Korb via rsync
You need to switch to filters where you have the additional options hide, show, risk, and protect. See the filter rules section of man rsync. On 12/4/18 8:36 AM, Fabian Cenedese via rsync wrote: > Hello > > I'm looking for a way to exclude and delete some items but not delete > other items. Use

Re: Exclude and delete or not delete

2018-12-04 Thread Fabian Cenedese via rsync
>> I'm looking for a way to exclude and delete some items but not delete >> other items. Use case: >> >> I'm on Windows where there are folders like recycle.bin and system >> volume information on every drive. I can exclude them while backing >> up my data drive. But I now also have other data th

Re: Exclude and delete or not delete

2018-12-04 Thread Andrew McGlashan via rsync
Hi, On 5/12/18 12:36 am, Fabian Cenedese via rsync wrote: > I'm looking for a way to exclude and delete some items but not delete > other items. Use case: > > I'm on Windows where there are folders like recycle.bin and system > volume information on every drive. I can exclude them while backing >

Exclude and delete or not delete

2018-12-04 Thread Fabian Cenedese via rsync
Hello I'm looking for a way to exclude and delete some items but not delete other items. Use case: I'm on Windows where there are folders like recycle.bin and system volume information on every drive. I can exclude them while backing up my data drive. But I now also have other data that is exclud