rsync - Oct 2004 - Adding a file size limit option to rsync

Hi,  I hacked rsync version 2.6.0 to support a file size limit. I did
this, because I could not find a way to do this with the existing
rsync options. I've been receiving the rsync digest for several
months, and habe not seen mention of this type of feature.,

This allows rsync to 'prune' out LARGE files when doing the sync.
I've
been using this for about a month now to provide file size limited
snapshots of user's folders. The only problem is that I've only got it
working when the target host is the same as the source host. If I had
more time, I would like to correct this bug. I'd like to see this in
the released rsync, and I would be happy to post the context diffs.
Please let me know the correct way to proceed.

This is the abbreviated output from 'rsync ---help', showing the file
size limit option.

Options
     --max-fsize=Kbytes      set file size backup limit Kbytes  1==1024bytes

Thanks,
Robert

On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 09:38:38PM -0700, Robert Clark
wrote:
> I hacked rsync version 2.6.0 to support a file size limit.
There is a patch named max-size.diff in the patches directory of rsync
that adds support for this feature.  It is one of several features in
that directory that are being considered for inclusion in the next rsync
release (you may need to upgrade to a more modern version to see it,
though -- the most recent is 2.6.3).

Feel free to give it a try and let me know if you have any problems with
it.  It allows sizes to be specified with values such as 99m, 3.5g,
92834738k, etc.

..wayne..

I'm coming from the web archives, so this isn't going to thread
properly; my
apologies.

Anyway, I caught the discussion about a max-size.diff in the patches/ 
directory and it's exactly what I needed. Thanks much! (and consider this a 
vote for inclusion)
-- 
Matthew Trent