>> i want rsync --del, except, not within any dest side mounts. sort of >> reminiscent of -x, but on the dest side. anyone know the trick? > > -x, --one-file-system > This tells rsync to avoid crossing a filesystem boundary when > recursing. This does not limit the user’s ability to specify > items to copy from multiple filesystems, just rsync’s recursion > through the hierarchy of each directory that the user specified, > and also the analogous recursion on the receiving side during > deletion. > > well maybe it does do what i want. i've been burned on this, hence wary. i'm guessing rsync's handling of -x on the receiving side is relatively new.