This patch causes --exclude-from and --include-from to read
from STDIN when given - for a filename.
This was formerly incorporated in my --link-dest patch.
Patch against current cvs.
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? rsync.yo1
Index: exclude.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/rsync/exclude.c,v
retrieving revision 1.44
diff -u -r1.44 exclude.c
--- exclude.c 11 Apr 2002 02:25:53 -0000 1.44
+++ exclude.c 3 Aug 2002 00:09:54 -0000
@@ -220,8 +220,14 @@
int fatal, int include)
{
struct exclude_struct **list=list1;
- FILE *f = fopen(fname,"r");
+ FILE *f;
char line[MAXPATHLEN];
+
+ if (strcmp(fname, "-")) {
+ f = fopen(fname,"r");
+ } else {
+ f = fdopen(0, "r");
+ }
if (!f) {
if (fatal) {
rsyserr(FERROR, errno,
Index: rsync.yo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/rsync/rsync.yo,v
retrieving revision 1.105
diff -u -r1.105 rsync.yo
--- rsync.yo 1 Aug 2002 17:55:40 -0000 1.105
+++ rsync.yo 3 Aug 2002 00:09:55 -0000
@@ -617,6 +617,8 @@
option, but instead it adds all exclude patterns listed in the file
FILE to the exclude list. Blank lines in FILE and lines starting with
';' or '#' are ignored.
+If \fIFILE\fP is \fB-\fP the list will be read from standard input.
+
dit(bf(--include=PATTERN)) This option tells rsync to not exclude the
specified pattern of filenames. This is useful as it allows you to
@@ -627,6 +629,8 @@
dit(bf(--include-from=FILE)) This specifies a list of include patterns
from a file.
+If \fIFILE\fP is \fB-\fP the list will be read from standard input.
+
dit(bf(-C, --cvs-exclude)) This is a useful shorthand for excluding a
broad range of files that you often don't want to transfer between
