Exclude symbolic links from rsync without excessive notification
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I want to exclude symbolic links from an rsync, but --no-links floods my terminal with skipping non-regular file for every link, taking focus from other important information from rsync.
How can I exclude links without being pestered about each individual occurrence? The following are not acceptable solutions:
- Using the
-qoption, as this suppresses all output fromrsync - Filtering the message with
grep - Meticulously altering my include file around the links are not good options.
If this is is impossible (as it may seem): Why is skipping non-regular files considered so important that the user is explicitly warned about every single one of them even when he has specified he wants to exclude them? I'm tempted to take this up as an issue with the developer.
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asked May 28 at 8:20
forthrin
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I want to exclude symbolic links from an rsync, but --no-links floods my terminal with skipping non-regular file for every link, taking focus from other important information from rsync.
How can I exclude links without being pestered about each individual occurrence? The following are not acceptable solutions:
- Using the
-qoption, as this suppresses all output fromrsync - Filtering the message with
grep - Meticulously altering my include file around the links are not good options.
If this is is impossible (as it may seem): Why is skipping non-regular files considered so important that the user is explicitly warned about every single one of them even when he has specified he wants to exclude them? I'm tempted to take this up as an issue with the developer.
rsync
asked May 28 at 8:20
forthrin
800821
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Possible duplicate of rsync "skipping non-regular file" message when not copying links
– Marco
May 28 at 8:36
@Marco: It's a duplicate, but I'm not happy with the proposed answer. Read updated post.
– forthrin
May 28 at 8:50
Why is it not an option to filter those unwanted messages away?
– ilkkachu
May 29 at 20:24
@ilkkachu: Just seems very hacky...
– forthrin
May 30 at 6:43
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I want to exclude symbolic links from an rsync, but --no-links floods my terminal with skipping non-regular file for every link, taking focus from other important information from rsync.
How can I exclude links without being pestered about each individual occurrence? The following are not acceptable solutions:
- Using the
-qoption, as this suppresses all output fromrsync - Filtering the message with
grep - Meticulously altering my include file around the links are not good options.
If this is is impossible (as it may seem): Why is skipping non-regular files considered so important that the user is explicitly warned about every single one of them even when he has specified he wants to exclude them? I'm tempted to take this up as an issue with the developer.
rsync
asked May 28 at 8:20
forthrin
800821
I want to exclude symbolic links from an rsync, but --no-links floods my terminal with skipping non-regular file for every link, taking focus from other important information from rsync.
How can I exclude links without being pestered about each individual occurrence? The following are not acceptable solutions:
- Using the
-qoption, as this suppresses all output fromrsync - Filtering the message with
grep - Meticulously altering my include file around the links are not good options.
If this is is impossible (as it may seem): Why is skipping non-regular files considered so important that the user is explicitly warned about every single one of them even when he has specified he wants to exclude them? I'm tempted to take this up as an issue with the developer.
rsync
asked May 28 at 8:20
forthrin
800821
edited May 28 at 8:49
asked May 28 at 8:20
forthrin
800821
asked May 28 at 8:20
forthrin
800821
asked May 28 at 8:20
forthrin
800821
800821
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Possible duplicate of rsync "skipping non-regular file" message when not copying links
– Marco
May 28 at 8:36
@Marco: It's a duplicate, but I'm not happy with the proposed answer. Read updated post.
– forthrin
May 28 at 8:50
Why is it not an option to filter those unwanted messages away?
– ilkkachu
May 29 at 20:24
@ilkkachu: Just seems very hacky...
– forthrin
May 30 at 6:43
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Possible duplicate of rsync "skipping non-regular file" message when not copying links
– Marco
May 28 at 8:36
@Marco: It's a duplicate, but I'm not happy with the proposed answer. Read updated post.
– forthrin
May 28 at 8:50
Why is it not an option to filter those unwanted messages away?
– ilkkachu
May 29 at 20:24
@ilkkachu: Just seems very hacky...
– forthrin
May 30 at 6:43
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Possible duplicate of rsync "skipping non-regular file" message when not copying links
– Marco
May 28 at 8:36
Possible duplicate of rsync "skipping non-regular file" message when not copying links
– Marco
May 28 at 8:36
@Marco: It's a duplicate, but I'm not happy with the proposed answer. Read updated post.
– forthrin
May 28 at 8:50
@Marco: It's a duplicate, but I'm not happy with the proposed answer. Read updated post.
– forthrin
May 28 at 8:50
Why is it not an option to filter those unwanted messages away?
– ilkkachu
May 29 at 20:24
Why is it not an option to filter those unwanted messages away?
– ilkkachu
May 29 at 20:24
@ilkkachu: Just seems very hacky...
– forthrin
May 30 at 6:43
@ilkkachu: Just seems very hacky...
– forthrin
May 30 at 6:43
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You can use --files-from to define the list of files to sync, and use find to exclude symlinks:
rsync --files-from=<(find . ! -type l -print) . TARGET/
answered May 28 at 17:07
nohillside
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Yes, this works, but then I have to run a separatersyncfor these files only. It would have been nice to include it with the mainrsyncbackup.
– forthrin
May 28 at 20:18
@forthin nothing stops you from running the find from the top level of your backup source. And use elaborate rules to only skip symlinks in directories you want to ignore them :-)
– nohillside
May 29 at 4:16
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If you don't want to see messages about any skipped files, you can use --info=skip0 if your version of rsync is not too old.
If you don't want to see messages on skipped symbolic links, but do want the messages if any other files are skipped, then unfortunately rsync's output control options don't seem to be fine-grained enough for that.
See rsync --info=help for a list of things you can adjust in rsync output.
answered May 29 at 8:02
telcoM
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2 Answers
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2 Answers
2
active
oldest
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active
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active
oldest
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up vote
1
down vote
You can use --files-from to define the list of files to sync, and use find to exclude symlinks:
rsync --files-from=<(find . ! -type l -print) . TARGET/
answered May 28 at 17:07
nohillside
1,858616
Yes, this works, but then I have to run a separatersyncfor these files only. It would have been nice to include it with the mainrsyncbackup.
– forthrin
May 28 at 20:18
@forthin nothing stops you from running the find from the top level of your backup source. And use elaborate rules to only skip symlinks in directories you want to ignore them :-)
– nohillside
May 29 at 4:16
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
You can use --files-from to define the list of files to sync, and use find to exclude symlinks:
rsync --files-from=<(find . ! -type l -print) . TARGET/
answered May 28 at 17:07
nohillside
1,858616
Yes, this works, but then I have to run a separatersyncfor these files only. It would have been nice to include it with the mainrsyncbackup.
– forthrin
May 28 at 20:18
@forthin nothing stops you from running the find from the top level of your backup source. And use elaborate rules to only skip symlinks in directories you want to ignore them :-)
– nohillside
May 29 at 4:16
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
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up vote
1
down vote
You can use --files-from to define the list of files to sync, and use find to exclude symlinks:
rsync --files-from=<(find . ! -type l -print) . TARGET/
answered May 28 at 17:07
nohillside
1,858616
You can use --files-from to define the list of files to sync, and use find to exclude symlinks:
rsync --files-from=<(find . ! -type l -print) . TARGET/
answered May 28 at 17:07
nohillside
1,858616
answered May 28 at 17:07
nohillside
1,858616
answered May 28 at 17:07
nohillside
1,858616
answered May 28 at 17:07
nohillside
1,858616
1,858616
Yes, this works, but then I have to run a separatersyncfor these files only. It would have been nice to include it with the mainrsyncbackup.
– forthrin
May 28 at 20:18
@forthin nothing stops you from running the find from the top level of your backup source. And use elaborate rules to only skip symlinks in directories you want to ignore them :-)
– nohillside
May 29 at 4:16
add a comment |Â
Yes, this works, but then I have to run a separatersyncfor these files only. It would have been nice to include it with the mainrsyncbackup.
– forthrin
May 28 at 20:18
@forthin nothing stops you from running the find from the top level of your backup source. And use elaborate rules to only skip symlinks in directories you want to ignore them :-)
– nohillside
May 29 at 4:16
Yes, this works, but then I have to run a separate
rsync for these files only. It would have been nice to include it with the main rsync backup.– forthrin
May 28 at 20:18
Yes, this works, but then I have to run a separate
rsync for these files only. It would have been nice to include it with the main rsync backup.– forthrin
May 28 at 20:18
@forthin nothing stops you from running the find from the top level of your backup source. And use elaborate rules to only skip symlinks in directories you want to ignore them :-)
– nohillside
May 29 at 4:16
@forthin nothing stops you from running the find from the top level of your backup source. And use elaborate rules to only skip symlinks in directories you want to ignore them :-)
– nohillside
May 29 at 4:16
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
If you don't want to see messages about any skipped files, you can use --info=skip0 if your version of rsync is not too old.
If you don't want to see messages on skipped symbolic links, but do want the messages if any other files are skipped, then unfortunately rsync's output control options don't seem to be fine-grained enough for that.
See rsync --info=help for a list of things you can adjust in rsync output.
answered May 29 at 8:02
telcoM
10.1k11032
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
If you don't want to see messages about any skipped files, you can use --info=skip0 if your version of rsync is not too old.
If you don't want to see messages on skipped symbolic links, but do want the messages if any other files are skipped, then unfortunately rsync's output control options don't seem to be fine-grained enough for that.
See rsync --info=help for a list of things you can adjust in rsync output.
answered May 29 at 8:02
telcoM
10.1k11032
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
If you don't want to see messages about any skipped files, you can use --info=skip0 if your version of rsync is not too old.
If you don't want to see messages on skipped symbolic links, but do want the messages if any other files are skipped, then unfortunately rsync's output control options don't seem to be fine-grained enough for that.
See rsync --info=help for a list of things you can adjust in rsync output.
answered May 29 at 8:02
telcoM
10.1k11032
If you don't want to see messages about any skipped files, you can use --info=skip0 if your version of rsync is not too old.
If you don't want to see messages on skipped symbolic links, but do want the messages if any other files are skipped, then unfortunately rsync's output control options don't seem to be fine-grained enough for that.
See rsync --info=help for a list of things you can adjust in rsync output.
answered May 29 at 8:02
telcoM
10.1k11032
answered May 29 at 8:02
telcoM
10.1k11032
answered May 29 at 8:02
telcoM
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answered May 29 at 8:02
telcoM
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Possible duplicate of rsync "skipping non-regular file" message when not copying links
– Marco
May 28 at 8:36
@Marco: It's a duplicate, but I'm not happy with the proposed answer. Read updated post.
– forthrin
May 28 at 8:50
Why is it not an option to filter those unwanted messages away?
– ilkkachu
May 29 at 20:24
@ilkkachu: Just seems very hacky...
– forthrin
May 30 at 6:43