On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>�wrote:
>�Hi all,
>�
>�I am having *massive* problems trying to exclude a single directory from an rsync.
>�
>�I have serv1 and serv2. �I am trying to rsync /foo/test from serv1 to
> /foo on serv2 � I want to exclude the directory /foo/test/dir1 � So I try:
>�
>�rsync -av --exclude-from=/foo/rsync.excludes /foo/test serv2:/foo
>�
>�rsync.excludes contains:
>�/foo/test/dir1/
>�
>�
>�This is not working.
You are attempting to use an absolute path in the exclusion.
You want a relative path. A leading "/" just anchors it to the base
of the tree for filename comparison (instead of floating it).
It looks like you figured that out later, though.
>�I also try:
>�
>�rsync -av --exclude=/foo/test/dir1/ /foo/test serv2:/foo
>�
>�and the exclude still does not work.
Different syntax - same reason for failure.
>�I have also tried other variations like:
>�
>�rsync -av --exclude=/dir1/ /foo/test serv2:/foo
>�
>�also to no avail.
This would have worked if you had specified the same paths for
the source and the destination. You tried to take a shortcut by
not including 'test' in the destination and not using a trailing
slash in the source.
So now, the source root is "/foo/" (without the "test").
Therefore, the exclusion is trying to match "/foo/dir1/".
Either of these two commands should work - I recommend the 2nd:
rsync -av --exclude=/test/dir1/ /foo/test serv2:/foo
rsync -av --exclude=/dir1/ /foo/test/ serv2:/foo/test/
As a matter of habit and principle, I always specify the complete
paths down to the trailing / when I rsync two directories. Then
there's never any confusion about what's going to happen.
--
John Van Essen Univ of MN Alumnus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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