Finally, I succeeded; with a --exclude-from= pointing to a file containing:
+ /tmp
+ /tmp/*.conf
- *
Lessons:
- when U want only a few files, first include these files, then exclude
everything else
- include directories too.
- run the command without exclude-from, to spot where root is located:
in my case, etc was part of the root, which I didnt take into account.
- '- *' excludes directories too
But well, Im still unhappy.
When we read a program, written for a von-neuman machine (I mean: one
processor, one process, one thread), we have a way to foresee what it
does: in the head, or with paper or a board if too intricate, run the
program "by hand", step by step, as if single stepping with a debugger.
I think we need here a method to represent how the files flow is
processed by rules.
Imbaud Pierre wrote:
Maybe I am tired. I have been reading man page, and these messages, and
the website, I just dont understand how include/exclude works.
Is there a decent tutorial on the subject, I missed, for some reason?
all I want is to take /var/tmp/*.conf files. I dont want to recurse down
thru directories (but, for reasons hard to explain, I must have the
recursive option on)
Reminds me when I tried to understand the find -prune option. I never
succeeded.
Or should I proceed empirically, preparing directories, and trying
combination?
And please tell me, those who master the include/exclude technique: how
long did it take to reach full understanding?
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