Use # find on the remote system and list | rm files that meet your date criteria ?
> I'm not on the list but I just wanted to throw my positive feedback out > there. I've been using rsync to backup work that I generate within a > lab to an offsite system. If I lost this data ... > > So great. > > > In standard community fashion, though, I want to throw an idea out > there. It would be nice if there were an option like: > > --delete-if-too-old > > > Currently I run a cron job which copies files offsite nightly. Once a > month, though, I use the --delete option to get rid of cruft. > > It would be _nice_, though, if I could delete things that were older > than a month instead of a simple comparison between what's on the sender > and the receiver. > > This way files would have a known age of 30 days or whatever before they > get tossed. As it is, the interval I can regress to has to do with the > time of the month, which is just too close to real life ... > > > If there is a better way to submit suggestions I will do so upon hearing > about it. > > > Thanks for rsync. I use it every day. > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html