On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Leaw, Chern Jian wrote: > I tried your suggestion, but did not work. It still copied the entire > filesystem across to the destination machine.
Since you failed to provide the command-line you're using, I can't tell you exactly why your command failed. For instance, if you use a trailing slash on the sending-side directory you'd specify the exclusions differently than if the slash was not there. It's fairly easy to figure out for yourself what your inclusion & exclusion lists should look like by first running the command with the -n option (which tells rsync not to actually copy any files). The names that rsync outputs are the names you need to match (just add a slash to the start of the name). Once you get familiar with rsync you'll be able to predict what these names will be, but until then, using -n lets you ask rsync for the answer. As a rule, all names specified before a slash in the sending filename are eliminated from the name when matched against the include/exclude names. It is also sometimes useful to add an extra -v option to the command to see what is getting included or excluded. Another thing I recommend is that you use a "root slash" with names that don't need to float to any level. For instance, if you just specify "foo" as an exclusion, it will exclude that directory OR file at any point in the tree. Specifying "/foo" (or "/sub/foo") is thus safer since it protects against unintended matching. I also prefer a single combined include/exclude file since it is easier to edit and lets you order the inclusions and exclusions (remember that the first matching pattern is the one that is acted upon, so sometimes order does matter). In a combined file, items that begin with "+ " are always taken to be exclusions, and items that being with "- " are always taken to be exclusions. You can leave off the "+ " in an include file (and the "- " in an excluded file), but I included both for completeness. So, with a file named "myinc" that has these 3 lines in it: + /clock_speed + /fub_layout - /* using this command: rsync -avz --include-from=myinc /stor/circuit_design/ mickey.willowglen.com:/stor/circuit_design does not work for you, then I am misunderstanding something about your setup. ..wayne.. -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html