DO NOT REPLY [Bug 7629] New: Blank filter file option to ignore whole directory

[Henri Shustak]

> I know that there are external ways to do this, but I thought it would be
> fastest and best as an rsync feature. I've been using rsync for a while now in
> some fairly advanced backup schemes and I'm extremely impressed by it. I was
> thinking it would be quite helpful if there were an option to ignore
> directories with a certain file in them, say .ignore-backup or .ignore-rsync.
> This would make for an easy way to avoid copying excess data, whether it be
> extracted source tarballs, or existing backups.
> 
> I know that rsync supports filter files of a certain name, but I'd like an
> option where if it sees the file and it's blank, it simply skips the directory.
> 
> So for example:
> 
> /home/user/backup/.ignore-rsync exists and is blank, then /home/user/backup is
> ignored, but the it continues onto other folders. If it has filter rules in it,
> it can continue with processing those rules.
> 
> Let me know what you think. I believe it would be a very helpful and simple
> feature to add.


An alternative approach would be to run a pre rsync script which builds your exclusion list.


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