[Bug 8119] New: New feature: adapt behavior thanks to extended attributes (xattr)

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https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8119

           Summary: New feature: adapt behavior thanks to extended
                    attributes (xattr)
           Product: rsync
           Version: 3.1.0
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned at samba.org
        ReportedBy: ymartin59 at free.fr
         QAContact: rsync-qa at samba.org


I would like rsync to support the xattr "user.xdg.robots.backup" described at
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/CommonExtendedAttributes

If rsync runs with an option --xattr-backup-flag=user.xdg.robots.backup
it should skip directories and files with that xattr set to "false".

So that a user can decide what to exclude from backup without avoid to refer
directories into an exclusion file list.

I think it is also a good idea to emit a warning when such files/directories
are excluded.

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