From 7125cb10f5567cc9bda43c020656bb5cb16a3d2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: thestigma Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 23:42:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add note to filtering.md about --files-from and rclone lsf --- docs/content/filtering.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/content/filtering.md b/docs/content/filtering.md index 4bfb70bf6..a593ef908 100644 --- a/docs/content/filtering.md +++ b/docs/content/filtering.md @@ -305,6 +305,10 @@ This reads a list of file names from the file passed in and **only** these files are transferred. The **filtering rules are ignored** completely if you use this option. +`--files-from` expects a list of files as it's input. [rclone lsf](/commands/rclone_lsf/) +has a compatible format that can be used to export file lists from +remotes. + Rclone will traverse the file system if you use `--files-from`, effectively using the files in `--files-from` as a set of filters. Rclone will not error if any of the files are missing.