For rsync mover the path parameter is ignored

[dheerajjoshim]

I see that the path parameter in the ReplicationSource is not used by the rsync movers. Is there a historical reason why rsync movers do not support paths?

In our case, we could make good use of the path to reduce the time rsync takes to compare all the files in the directories that do not change.

Since we have no control over the volume, we can't separate the directories into different volumes. In our case, we can really make use of the path to reduce the rsync by comparing all the files in the directories which do not get modified. Since. We have no control over the volume; we can't separate the directories into different volumes.

[tesshuflower]

Yes, the path parameter is unused. If you use the (recommended) rsync-tls mover, you'll see the parameter doesn't exist.

There's a separate issue around mover paths (#959), but at the moment we aren't planning on implementing any of this. Ideally we'd recommend formatting your PVC (or perhaps mounting your pvc at a specific path) so that rsync will replicate the entire thing.