I've submit your changes into a Pull Request here: https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/pull/205
On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 11:13 PM Robert Nichols <rnicholsnos...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 11/29/19 1:10 PM, Patrik Dufresne wrote: > > Hi Robert Nichols, > > > > Your contribution is welcome. There is a folder with user's contribution > in > > rdiff-backup repositories. We could probably leave it their with some > user > > warning. So either submit a Pull Request in github or send it here as > > attachment and will submit it for you. > > > > https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/tree/master/tools/misc > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 1:54 PM Robert Nichols < > rnicholsnos...@comcast.net> > > wrote: > >> > >> I do have a fairly massive (~640 lines, ~550 non-comment) shell script > >> that I agree is ugly, but which has worked fine for me for quite a few > >> years (last modified 7 years ago) and successfully purges both specific > >> files and entire subtrees from an rdiff-backup archive. The principal > >> limitations are that it does not support long_filename_data (refuses to > run > >> if any found) and does not handle Mac resource fork metadata (ignores > it). > >> I'll send it to anyone who wants to try it, or I can put it up for > comment > >> and/or ridicule if someone would tell me where and how to do that. All I > >> can guarantee is that if it eats any babies, those will be the first > babies > >> it has ever eaten. > >> > >> -- > >> Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. > >> Do NOT delete it. > > I've sent the script in private email to Patrik rather than force all the > list recipients to download it. Sorry about the delay. I've been very busy > lately. > > -- > Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. > Do NOT delete it. > > > -- Patrik Dufresne <ikus...@gmail.com>
