You could just run a normal tar with the same directory list... Sent from my HTC One XL on the Telstra 4G network
----- Reply message ----- From: "Chris" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Speeding up --dry-run Date: Sat, Sep 8, 2012 6:39 AM The --dry-run option is great for verifying what files would be backed up, but it slows down on large files. It would be helpful if there was an option (--filelist-only ?) that just listed the files to be backed up when there's no need to calculate archive sizes.
