Does the --ignore-existing option do what you want? It will probably recurse into the existing directories, but ignore all regular files that already exist.
- Dave Dykstra On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 01:01:03AM +0100, Robert Raszuk wrote: > > 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 -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
