cat listofwhatyouwant |while read item do rsync -options "$item" "destination:`dirname $item" done if you want each directory and below, a recursive goes into the options (explicitely with "r" or implicitely with "a"). I used to have to do something similar to that all the time, as we were using sub-functional NAS devices (anybody ever hear of Maxtor?) and couldn't complete a sync in a single run - makes --delete nearly useless.
BTW: Martin, Tridge, Wayne, et. al. - I'm back! That was way too long of a "vacation". Tim Conway AIX System Administration Contractor - IBM Global Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don Shesnicky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/26/2004 03:20 PM To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject exclude everything and include directories Anyone? Even a yea or nea at this point would be appreciated. Don ----- I'm trying to update some laptops from a large server directory for an EDA app. Most of the time I just rsync the entire directory and exclude the odd item. In this case it's the reverse where I want to exclude everything but include only the odd directory. I thought it'd be easy but can't seem to get the exclude then include options correct. It seems that when you exclude everything you then need to include file by file. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Don -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
