duplication of rsync functionality

[Tom M. <tme...@vl...>]

The man page says:

  -r     Recursively  encrypt/decrypt  an entire directory structure.

  --trim=num
         Determine how many directory levels to trim from the
         beginning of  the  srcdir path when creating directories under
         dstdir.

  --filelist
         The first argument is...a file that has a list of files to
         process.

  -c     Check the src and destination modified time...prior to
         performing the operation. If the modified time is the same,
         assume that the files are also the same, and skip the
         operation.

  --delete
         When in recursive mode, delete files and directories under
         dstdir that do not exist under srcdir.


These rsyncrypto options come close to duplicating functionality already 
in rsync. Practically speaking, that maybe a necessity.

But it also raises the question of whether rsyncrypto could perhaps be a 
far simpler program - much closer to a filter - if it was integrated 
into rsync.

Not having looked at the rsync source, that may be far easier said than 
done.

  -Tom

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