Re: --exclude vs --filter

2020-07-11 Thread Wayne Davison via rsync
On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 12:59 AM Roland wrote: > can "--filter" statements completely replace "--exclude" statements Yes. The old-style exclude/include options just turn into the simplest form of exclude/include filter rules. ..wayne.. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid

--exclude vs --filter

2020-07-11 Thread Roland via rsync
Hello, i have a backup script where i first used "--exclude-from" only. users of my script can set exclude statements in backup client specific property files. later on, i needed to extend the script because of special requirement , so i needed to introduce usage of "--filter='merge