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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I know certain subtrees I want to backup are
written once</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>and never deleted.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>So to reduce the time it takes rsync to run, I was
thinking</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>of putting the following .rsync-filter in each of
these subtrees:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>P /**</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I can see this stops the files on the receiver side
from </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>being </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>deleted.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Does this filter also improve
performance?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It looks like it does. If I do a manual test
and delete</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>a file in this subtree on the sender side, when I
look at the output</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>from the "building file list", it does
</FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>not show the deleted file.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>So will this help improve performance (time it
takes to build file list and</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>time it takes to update receiver)?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Is there a better way to prune, when you have
subtrees that are </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>only written once and you don't need rsync to keep
visiting these</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>subtrees?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Mike</FONT></DIV>
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