Is there a way to get rsync to estimate the net change of disk space usage for a transfer? I can get the gross amount of files to be transferred using "--stats", and if I use "-v" I can see a list of files to be deleted. But then I'd have to mangle the filenames to the target path (prepend some text to each line) and do a "du -c | tail -1" to get the disk usage of that list, then subtract the number to the "Total transferred file size" line from "--stats". Not a huge hassle, but some hassle.
If it's easy, maybe this would be a good addition to rsync --stats. List the size of the files deleted, and perhaps the net change in disk usage. I'm interested in this because I rsync data to a raid set for off-site storage, but I'm running out of space. I have some data that I want to be sure is on the raid set, and other data that I care less about and could delete some of to make sure the important data is transferred. I do this weekly to a 800Gb raid set, so wiping all the low-priority data, transferring the high-priority data and then rsyncing as much of low-priority data as will fit is not an option -- it would take too long. Thanks! Bart --- Bart Brashers, Ph.D. MFG Inc. 19203 36th Ave W Ste 101 Lynnwood WA 98036 425.921.4000 voice 425.921.4040 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
