On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:02:26 +0200 istrice <istr...@autistici.org> wrote: > I must be seriously misunderstanding the man page coverage of --filter. > If I have a dir 'foo/' in the reciver with content 'bar' that I must > keep and a 'foo/' on the sender side empty what could possibly be the > best way to get the job done?
Until now I've done this by adding "- foo/" on the exclude file. With this line rsync will not touch any "foo/" directory on the receiver. I don't see yet the advantage of using "--filter" over "--exclude" but I hope someone can give a practical example. Thanks -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
