If a directory is empty (after filtering) then --prune-empty-dirs prunes it. That is the point. The option exists to keep rsync from copying directories when all of the contents of the directory have been filtered out.
On 10/25/2017 10:09 PM, dave_g via rsync wrote: > Given the structure… > /foo/bar/want-this.txt > /foo/bar/want-this-2.txt > /bar/foo/ > /do-not-want-to-transfer/test.txt > > With the desire to ‘include items with foo in their path’... > I understand that the closest I can get to a satisfactory filter ruleset is > something like: > + **foo** > + */ > - * > … and setting --prune-empty-dirs. > > However, /bar/foo/ is empty, and of course should be copied.. but is pruned. > The source and pattern are user-defined, so I can’t hardcode values to > include! > I can’t rely on other external binaries, so I can’t use $ find, or even > shell glob expansion (I call rsync directly, not through a shell). > > Given these constraints, is the caveated --prune-empty-dirs the best I can > do? > I mean it's pretty-darned-close, but just checking I'm not missing some > option to prevent the premature short-circuiting of recursion, or something > like that. > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46925606/rsync-greedy-include > > > > -- > Sent from: http://samba.2283325.n4.nabble.com/Samba-rsync-f2500462.html > -- ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._., Kevin Korb Phone: (407) 252-6853 Systems Administrator Internet: FutureQuest, Inc. ke...@futurequest.net (work) Orlando, Florida k...@sanitarium.net (personal) Web page: http://www.sanitarium.net/ PGP public key available on web site. ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,
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