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 > > -- Tomasz M. Ciolek * * Everything falls under the law of change; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Like a dream, a phantom, a bubble, a shadow, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * like dew of flash of lightning. * You should contemplate like this. ******************************************************************************* GPG Key ID: 0x7A18E49D * Available on www.pgp.net *******************************************************************************