On 2026-06-08 22:45:03+0200, Claudio Jeker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 08, 2026 at 01:01:47PM -0600, Luke A. Call wrote: > > The openrsync manual page mentions patterns for things like --exclude. > > Is there a reference for those patterns that I could check? Or is it the > > same as rsync? > > It should be mostly like rsync. Right now only -, + and ! are supported as > flags and IIRC no modifiers are supported either. The pattern matching rules > should be the same, ?, *, **, char classes [ ], and *** should work. > There are some minor differences when it comes to some interpretation of > bad patterns. See regress/usr.bin/rsync-unit/rmatch_test.c for examples. > > So if you have a case where it does not work then please report. > Filters in rsync are very complex (or totally overdesigned).
I have tried a few variations, but this command and output seem to say it is both excluding the ~root/.ssh/known_hosts file and then downloading it, where I want to exclude and not download it. (I'm running obsd 7.8.) Maybe I should try --exlude-from instead, since in real use I have a long list of exclusions. Or maybe I just misunderstand. (Also I've seen inconsistency in the output, for the list of files it shows about to be downloaded (all listed, vs. just some listed), but haven't yet spent the time to see if I can reproduce it in a reliable & reportable way. FWIW (or not).) # openrsync -av --del --exclude '.ssh/*' --rsync-path=openrsync 192.168.1.113:/root/ /root 2>&1 > /tmp/13 && x /tmp/13 Transfer starting: 1460 files openrsync: warning: skip excluded file .ssh/authorized_keys openrsync: warning: skip excluded file .ssh/agent openrsync: warning: skip excluded file .ssh/id_rsa openrsync: warning: skip excluded file .ssh/id_rsa.pub openrsync: warning: skip excluded file .ssh/known_hosts openrsync: warning: skip excluded file .ssh/known_hosts.old openrsync: warning: skip excluded file backups-of-config-files/both/etc-skel/orig/.ssh/authorized_keys openrsync: warning: skip excluded file backups-of-config-files/both/etc-skel/.ssh/authorized_keys rsyncrun-on-acerblack.onemodel.org.log.1: deleting rsync-on-acerblack.onemodel.org.log.1: deleting .gnupg/S.gpg-agent .gnupg/S.gpg-agent.browser .gnupg/S.gpg-agent.extra .gnupg/S.gpg-agent.ssh .links/socket .links2/socket .ssh/agent/s.dYEgmFNwEc.agent.fIVopRaG5g .virc -> .nexrc backups-of-config-files/obsd -> openbsd/ log -> logs nmapThings/nmap-big-script -> /usr/local/bin/nmap-big-script openbsd-cvsSampleCmds -> cvsSampleCmds .bash_history (34.0 KB, 1.9% downloaded) .ssh/known_hosts (11.4 KB, 100.0% downloaded) .ssh/known_hosts-working (175 B, 100.0% downloaded) .ssh/known_hosts.old (10.1 KB, 100.0% downloaded) Transfer complete: 113.0 KB sent, 414 B read, 264.36 MB file size Thanks much for the previous and any possible future comments! -Luke
