When last I tried, backuppc didn't support this with its rsync 
transport.  I had to make a workaround.

Here's how I do it:

First, use rsyncd instead of rsync as the transport on the client side, 
and set up your rsyncd secrets file.

For /etc/rsyncd.conf use something like this:
  uid = root
  pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid
  use chroot = no
  read only = yes
  transfer logging = true
  log format = %h %o %f %l %b
  log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log
  slp refresh = 900
  secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.secrets
  [raid4]
        path = /raid4
        comment = Backup
        read only = yes
        auth users = backuppc
        exclude from = /etc/rsyncd.raid4.excludes
  [raid5]
        path = /raid5
        comment = Backup
        read only = yes
        auth users = backuppc
        exclude from = /etc/rsyncd.raid5.excludes

And then have a cron job to create the exclude directories:

0 * * * * find /raid4 -size +16M  | sed -e 's/\/raid4\///' > 
/etc/rsyncd.raid4.excludes
0 * * * * find /raid5 -size +16M  | sed -e 's/\/raid5\///' > 
/etc/rsyncd.raid5.excludes

This works OK (you might get some files created in the last hour that 
are bigger than your max size), but be sure to run rsync out of inetd 
instead of standalone, as I've seen it not reread the exclude files when 
they change if its in daemon mode.

Richard

On 03/23/2011 12:44 PM, Tod Detre wrote:
>> I'm currently using lots of excludes to build up a backup over a slow link
>> in stages ..thanks to this list for this suggestion.
>>
>> I was wondering if there is an option for rysnc / backuppc to ignore files
>> say over 500Mbytes ? This would be most useful in getting the initial backup
>> in place ..then gradually increasing this number to encapsulate more files
>> each time.
> --max-size=SIZE         don't transfer any file larger than SIZE
> --min-size=SIZE         don't transfer any file smaller than SIZE
>
> > From the rsync man page. 8-)
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