The only ways this would be possible are if you sync the tarball itself or if you use a fuse filesystem to mount the tarball and rsync the files within it.
On 12/06/2016 10:07 PM, Ed Peschko wrote: > All, > > I'm working in an environment *very* restricted by space, and need to > sync from that location to another location. > > So I'd like to be able to sync from a source that is not a filesystem, > like a compressed tarball. > > Is this possible with the --files-from argument (or some other such argument)? > > If not, what approach would people suggest in adding it? > > thanks much for any support, > > ed > -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._., Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,
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