On Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:28:26 +0000, Hongyi Zhao wrote: >> but I wouldn't be surprised if some of the filter rules don't work on >> the older rsync.
I've done a further test, and it doesn't support your point of view. Even I connect to a server with protocol version 30, it will still fails to list anything if the rsync tree is not directly under the top-level of the server, see the following for detail: werner@debian:~$ nmap -sV -p873 ftp.fsn.hu [snip] 873/tcp open rsync (protocol version 30) $ rsync -amvHPRSB131072 -n --delete --delete-excluded \ -f +_dists/jessie/**binary-all/Packages.gz \ -f +_dists/jessie/Release* \ -f +_dists/jessie/**binary-amd64/Packages.gz \ -f +_dists/jessie/**installer-amd64/*** \ -f +_dists/jessie/**binary-i386/Packages.gz \ -f +_dists/jessie/**installer-i386/*** \ -f +_dists/***/ \ -f -_* ftp.fsn.hu::linux/debian/ receiving file list ... 0 files to consider sent 277 bytes received 7 bytes 6.84 bytes/sec total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 (DRY RUN) So, it seems that the issue is not caused by the protocol version only. Could someone please give some hints on this issue? Regards > > Let we stay here to expect for the experiences from others similar to my > case ;-) > > Regards -- .: Hongyi Zhao [ hongyi.zhao AT gmail.com ] Free as in Freedom :. -- 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