Re: process --files-from filelist as given

Roland via rsync <[email protected]> Sun, 31 Dec 2023 21:07:50 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.network.rsync.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>> I want to copy a list of files in specific order
> Why ?

because i want to serialize files on disk so they are stored on disk in
the order being accessed regularly

i built that list for --files-from   via output from fatrace tool.

i now did use tar to transfer the files

i will add an RFE to bugzilla

thanks

roland

Am 31.12.23 um 20:56 schrieb [email protected]:
> Hi.
>
> On Sun, 31 Dec 2023 20:28:21 +0100 Roland via rsync wrote:
>
>> apparently, rsync sorts the list of files  provided to "--files-from".
>> how can i avoid sorting of that list ?
> According to the man, this is not possible. See: SORTED TRANSFER ORDER
> that suggest also the --delay‐updates option.
>
>> I want to copy a list of files in specific order
> Why ?
>

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