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Old 04-19-2012, 01:18 PM   #1
Clarkman
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How to tell rsync to skip older files?


We have directories containing both older and newer files. Our rsync execution time would be significantly cut if rsync had an option like find's -mtime or -newer, where rsync would skip bothering with a file unless it was more recent than say:

-mtime 60 (sixty days or older), etc.

Is such a thing possible? A good idea?

THANKS!
 
Old 04-19-2012, 01:23 PM   #2
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Use a find statement within rsync or use xargs with find:

Code:
rsync -avz -e ssh --files-from=<(find -mtime +30 -mtime -60) source dest
 
Old 04-19-2012, 01:26 PM   #3
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Awesome! Thank you so much!
 
Old 04-19-2012, 01:47 PM   #4
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No problem. Please mark the thread as solved unless you have more questions. It is under thread tools at the top of the thread.
 
  


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