Read the doco oon the eclude/indlude files/ Eclude file takes - and + before the name 
so that you can build a unified exclude-include list in a single exclude file.

Regards
TMC
On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 06:52:29PM -0500, Chao,Eisen R. wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'm running rsync between an NT client and a Solaris 7 Server (Ver 2.4.6).
> 
> I'd like to be able to exclude the following directory:
> 
>       /opt/IBMHTTPDLOG/archivelogs
> 
> but retrieve
> 
>       /opt/IBMHTTPDLOG
> 
> My setup is:
> 
>       rsync -av -p -e [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/opt/IBMHTTPDLOG/
> F:/opt/IBMHTTDLOG
>       (client)
> 
>       rsync --daemon --exclude-from=/etc/rsync.exclude
>       (server)
> 
> 
> What I get is *everything* including the contents of the dir ./archivelogs.
> What is the proper syntax ? I've tried setting up my entry in rsync.exclude
> as:
> 
>       '/opt/IBMHTTPDLOG/archivelogs'
>       archivelogs/
>       'archivelogs/'
>       ./archivelogs
>       ./archivelogs/
> 
> I've also tried setting the server-side rsync daemon as --exclude
> <blah-blah> to no avail.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Eisen Chao
> CNA Insurance
> 
> 

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