All, I can't find a way to achive something probably quite wired :). Let's say I have two unix folders (on different machines):
/dst-top-1n/ | dir-a | files | dir-b | files | dir-c | files /src-top-2/ | dir-a | files | dir-b | files | dir-x | files Always src is top-2 & dst is top-1. All I need to do is to be able to send dir-x files to top-1 without even touching dir-a & dir-b simply because the overall tool does not have permissions to write access them. To make it more interesting there are 100s of those top-1 directories (each on different client machine), the rsync is fully automated, and the context of each of the top-1 dir differs. Sync is triggered by src. What I am really looking for is something like in the subject one liner knob which would compare dir-x directories on src/dst and perform no action under matching already dirs on both machines. Huge Thx - Rsync Rocks !!!! R. -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html