On 9/25/07, Sylvain Viart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I said, Protect and Hide, are not "really" documented. It's only said in > the doc : > > hide, H specifies a pattern for hiding files from the transfer.
You're right that that line is not enough to thoroughly explain hide filters. However, the man page does say later: "An s is used to indicate that the rule applies to the sending side. When a rule affects the sending side, it prevents files from being transferred. The default is for a rule to affect both sides unless --delete-excluded was specified, in which case default rules become sender-side only. See also the hide (H) and show (S) rules, which are an alternate way to specify sending-side includes/excludes." This adequately explains the "s" modifier, and from the last sentence, one can infer that "H foo" is equivalent to "-s foo". Similarly, the next bullet covers protect filters. Thus, the documentation is there; it just isn't at all obvious. I hope to improve the explanation of filters in my rewritten man page (see http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/2007-August/018214.html ). Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html