rsync - Jun 2004 - how to exclude large files from backup list.

Hi,
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?
Thank you.

Wensheng Jiang

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).

..wayne..

It is the 55 function variety of Swiss Army Knife already and my boss is asking
me to add yet another blade. :-)

wally

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Shoemaker [mailto:c.shoemaker@cox.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 1:51 PM
To: Wayne Davison
Cc: rsync@lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: how to exclude large files from backup list.


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..
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Thank you Wayne, It works.    

Jiang Wensheng
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>On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 12:05:09AM -0700, Wayne Davison wrote:
>> Adding an option to make rsync do this wouldn't be very hard
>
>I've whipped up a patch and checked-in the diff to the patches dir.  If
>you either checkout CVS or snag the latest nightly file from the rsync
>web server you can apply the diff and try it out.
>
>..wayne..
>