Heiko Schlittermann
2023-Mar-06 21:04 UTC
prevent filter excluded files from being deleted
Hello,
given are 2 directories:
a
??? a-file
??? .rsync-filter
b
??? a-file
I'd like to sync a/ -> b/, but I'd like to *exclude* all files. But I
do
not want to delete the excluded files. (The real scenario is a way more
complex, the above is my reproducer.)
and the following rsync command: `rsync -F --del a/ b/`
Note, there is *no* `--delete-excluded`:
$ rsync -F --del -inav a/ b/
sending incremental file list
*deleting a-file
.d..t...... ./
sent 62 bytes received 29 bytes 182.00 bytes/sec
total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 (DRY RUN)
Why? Because it is excluded? Using the `--exclude` option does what I
expect:
$ rsync --exclude 'a-file' --del -inav a/ b/
sending incremental file list
.d..t...... ./
>f+++++++++ .rsync-filter
sent 92 bytes received 22 bytes 228.00 bytes/sec
total size is 4 speedup is 0.04 (DRY RUN)
even does what I expect:
$ rsync --filter '- *' --del -inav a/ b/
sending incremental file list
.d..t...... ./
sent 58 bytes received 19 bytes 154.00 bytes/sec
total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 (DRY RUN)
Version:
rsync version 3.2.3 protocol version 31
Best regards from Dresden/Germany
Viele Gr??e aus Dresden
Heiko Schlittermann
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I am not 100% sure I am interpreting this correctly but I think you are complaining that the file was being deleted in the first command? If so, instead of -F try --include='*/' --exclude='*'. Otherwise, maybe you want a second -F? On 3/6/23 16:04, Heiko Schlittermann via rsync wrote:> Hello, > > given are 2 directories: > > a > ??? a-file > ??? .rsync-filter > > b > ??? a-file > > I'd like to sync a/ -> b/, but I'd like to *exclude* all files. But I do > not want to delete the excluded files. (The real scenario is a way more > complex, the above is my reproducer.) > > and the following rsync command: `rsync -F --del a/ b/` > Note, there is *no* `--delete-excluded`: > > $ rsync -F --del -inav a/ b/ > sending incremental file list > *deleting a-file > .d..t...... ./ > > sent 62 bytes received 29 bytes 182.00 bytes/sec > total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 (DRY RUN) > > Why? Because it is excluded? Using the `--exclude` option does what I > expect: > > $ rsync --exclude 'a-file' --del -inav a/ b/ > sending incremental file list > .d..t...... ./ > >f+++++++++ .rsync-filter > > sent 92 bytes received 22 bytes 228.00 bytes/sec > total size is 4 speedup is 0.04 (DRY RUN) > > even does what I expect: > > $ rsync --filter '- *' --del -inav a/ b/ > sending incremental file list > .d..t...... ./ > > sent 58 bytes received 19 bytes 154.00 bytes/sec > total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 (DRY RUN) > > Version: > rsync version 3.2.3 protocol version 31 > > Best regards from Dresden/Germany > Viele Gr??e aus Dresden > Heiko Schlittermann > -- > SCHLITTERMANN.de ---------------------------- internet & unix support - > Heiko Schlittermann, Dipl.-Ing. (TU) - {fon,fax}: +49.351.802998{1,3} - > gnupg encrypted messages are welcome --------------- key ID: F69376CE - > >-- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._., Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. Kevin at FutureQuest.net (work) Orlando, Florida kmk at sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: https://sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,
Read the "PER-DIRECTORY RULES AND DELETE" of the man page. (And don't feel bad, it took me a while to figure it out myself). Short version: per-directory rules only apply on the side they're *specified on*, but you need the exclusion to apply to *both* sides. The following works, for the reasons specified there: rlpowell at stodi> find a b -ls 703572129 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 rlpowell rlpowell 39 Mar 6 22:06 a 704372871 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 rlpowell rlpowell 0 Mar 6 21:56 a/file 704372873 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 rlpowell rlpowell 20 Mar 6 22:06 a/.rsync-filter 703572158 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 rlpowell rlpowell 39 Mar 6 22:06 b 704372870 0 -rw-r--r-- 1 rlpowell rlpowell 0 Mar 6 22:06 b/file 704372881 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 rlpowell rlpowell 20 Mar 6 22:06 b/.rsync-filter rlpowell at stodi> cat a/.rsync-filter + .rsync-filter - * rlpowell at stodi> rsync -F --delete-after -iav a/ b/ building file list ... done sent 102 bytes received 11 bytes 226.00 bytes/sec total size is 20 speedup is 0.18 rlpowell at stodi> On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 10:04:52PM +0100, Heiko Schlittermann via rsync wrote:> Hello, > > given are 2 directories: > > a > ??? a-file > ??? .rsync-filter > > b > ??? a-file > > I'd like to sync a/ -> b/, but I'd like to *exclude* all files. But I do > not want to delete the excluded files. (The real scenario is a way more > complex, the above is my reproducer.) > > and the following rsync command: `rsync -F --del a/ b/` > Note, there is *no* `--delete-excluded`: > > $ rsync -F --del -inav a/ b/ > sending incremental file list > *deleting a-file > .d..t...... ./ > > sent 62 bytes received 29 bytes 182.00 bytes/sec > total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 (DRY RUN) > > Why? Because it is excluded? Using the `--exclude` option does what I > expect: > > $ rsync --exclude 'a-file' --del -inav a/ b/ > sending incremental file list > .d..t...... ./ > >f+++++++++ .rsync-filter > > sent 92 bytes received 22 bytes 228.00 bytes/sec > total size is 4 speedup is 0.04 (DRY RUN) > > even does what I expect: > > $ rsync --filter '- *' --del -inav a/ b/ > sending incremental file list > .d..t...... ./ > > sent 58 bytes received 19 bytes 154.00 bytes/sec > total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 (DRY RUN) > > Version: > rsync version 3.2.3 protocol version 31 > > Best regards from Dresden/Germany > Viele Gr??e aus Dresden > Heiko Schlittermann > -- > SCHLITTERMANN.de ---------------------------- internet & unix support - > Heiko Schlittermann, Dipl.-Ing. (TU) - {fon,fax}: +49.351.802998{1,3} - > gnupg encrypted messages are welcome --------------- key ID: F69376CE -> -- > 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