On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 03:59 +0100, Stefan Malte Schumacher wrote: > Hmm, it seems I need help again. I am calling again rsync with the following > options : > rsync -rvtO --del --files-from=/cygdrive/C/Programme/cwRsync/rsync.txt > --modify-window=3 [EMAIL PROTECTED]::Backup > > rsync.txt just contains one single line : > /cygdrive/D/Temp > > rsync then outputs a list of the command line options and the following: > rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at options.c(1418) [client=2.6.9]
With --files-from, you still have to specify a master source directory relative to which the --files-from entries are interpreted. In your case, you should just use / . Your command should be: rsync -rvtO --del --files-from=/cygdrive/C/Programme/cwRsync/rsync.txt \ --modify-window=3 / [EMAIL PROTECTED]::Backup > How should I list E:\Bücher & Comics in rsync.txt ? > As /cygdrive/E/Bücher & Comics or should I just use single or double > quotes ? As you said. rsync.txt should contain these two lines: /cygdrive/D/Temp /cygdrive/E/Bücher & Comics --files-from implies --relative, so by default, rsync will use the entire source paths in the file-list and thus recreate cygdrive/D/Temp and "/cygdrive/E/Bücher & Comics" under the destination. You can override this by putting a ./ in each --files-from entry; then, only the path components after the ./ will be used. Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
