Re: --link-dest. Time to 'building file list' incrementing

2019-01-08 Thread Andrew McGlashan via rsync
On 8/1/19 8:56 pm, John Simpson via rsync wrote: > Any ideas anyone? How about using snapshots and doing the rsync off those? https://www.thewindowsclub.com/vss-volume-shadow-copy-service https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/josebda/2007/10/10/the-basics-of-the-volume-shadow-copy-service-vss/

Re: Exclude and delete or not delete

2018-12-04 Thread Andrew McGlashan via rsync
Hi, On 5/12/18 12:36 am, Fabian Cenedese via rsync wrote: > I'm looking for a way to exclude and delete some items but not delete > other items. Use case: > > I'm on Windows where there are folders like recycle.bin and system > volume information on every drive. I can exclude them while backing

rsync -- new feature option... (request)

2018-04-01 Thread Andrew McGlashan via rsync
Hi, NB: I am only subscribed because the list doesn't allow non-subscribers to post by default. I find that a bit strange, especially for such a low volume list. Okay, I've thought about this for a while. Let's say you do an rsync as a dry run (deliberately), why not allow a state file to be