On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 12:05:09AM -0700, Wayne Davison wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 10:34:18AM +0800, Jiang Wensheng wrote: > > I am using a computer to back up files from another computer > > automatically. I want to exclude large files from backing up. How can > > I do that? > > Either create an exclude list manually before running rsync or create a > transfer list and use --files-from (the "find" utility has options that > would help you). Adding an option to make rsync do this wouldn't be > very hard, but no one has written such an option (that I know of). > IMHO, that's _because_ "find" already does this, and so it should be. I think rsync may already be in danger of becoming that 101-function Swiss army knife that's just got so many features that it's unwieldy and unused.
OTOH, I did find the --compare-dest=DIR option useful today, and that appears spurious at casual glance. -Chris > ..wayne.. > -- > 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
