On Sunday 03 August 2003 15:14, Max Kipness wrote: > Thanks for the info. I actually did not specify my configuration right > so that it is where I was going wrong. However, I'm still not able to > only rsync /Test2. > > My root directory is: > > /Rootdir > > And then subdirectories of /Rootdir are: > > /Test1 > /Test2 > /Test3 > > To get only /Test2, I tried the following in the include-only file: > > + Rootdir/Test2/ > - /* > > This syncs nothing and gives me: excluding directory Rootdir because of > pattern /*.
Maybe I missed something important here, but what's keeping you from just using: rsync -az /Rootdir/Test2/ /somebackupDir/ This would only sync the contents of Test2 to somebackupDir. For your task (as you described it) there's no need for --include or --exclude options... Hansen -- Powered by SuSE 8.1pro - KDE 3.0.3 - KMail 1.4.3 It never ceases to amaze me how many people can't read instructions. - Renze de Ruiter on kde-linux -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html