Re: prevent filter excluded files from being deleted

I am not 100% sure I am interpreting this correctly but I think you are 
complaining that the file was being deleted in the first command?  If 
so, instead of -F try --include='*/' --exclude='*'.  Otherwise, maybe 
you want a second -F?

On 3/6/23 16:04, Heiko Schlittermann via rsync wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> given are 2 directories:
> 
>      a
>      ├── a-file
>      └── .rsync-filter
> 
>      b
>      └── a-file
> 
> I'd like to sync a/ -> b/, but I'd like to *exclude* all files. But I do
> not want to delete the excluded files. (The real scenario is a way more
> complex, the above is my reproducer.)
> 
> and the following rsync command: `rsync -F --del a/ b/`
> Note, there is *no* `--delete-excluded`:
> 
>      $ rsync -F --del -inav a/ b/
>      sending incremental file list
>      *deleting   a-file
>      .d..t...... ./
> 
>      sent 62 bytes  received 29 bytes  182.00 bytes/sec
>      total size is 0  speedup is 0.00 (DRY RUN)
> 
> Why? Because it is excluded? Using the `--exclude` option does what I
> expect:
> 
>      $ rsync --exclude 'a-file' --del -inav a/ b/
>      sending incremental file list
>      .d..t...... ./
>      >f+++++++++ .rsync-filter
> 
>      sent 92 bytes  received 22 bytes  228.00 bytes/sec
>      total size is 4  speedup is 0.04 (DRY RUN)
> 
> even does what I expect:
> 
>      $ rsync --filter '- *' --del -inav a/ b/
>      sending incremental file list
>      .d..t...... ./
> 
>      sent 58 bytes  received 19 bytes  154.00 bytes/sec
>      total size is 0  speedup is 0.00 (DRY RUN)
> 
> Version:
> rsync  version 3.2.3  protocol version 31
> 
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