Re: can a .rsync-filter improve performance?

2009-10-06 Thread Mike Connell
Trying rsync with --verbose and --progress flags looks like the .rsync-filter only complicates the matter. The filter first causes rsync to protect the files/directories that match, and then rsync later checks them to see whether they are uptodate. Is there a way to stop rsync from visiting a sub

can a .rsync-filter improve performance?

2009-10-06 Thread Mike Connell
Hi, I know certain subtrees I want to backup are written once and never deleted. So to reduce the time it takes rsync to run, I was thinking of putting the following .rsync-filter in each of these subtrees: P /** I can see this stops the files on the receiver side from being deleted. Does thi