On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 05:04:58PM -0700, Ian McNish wrote:
> > I think you can just say
> >
> > rsync -avz --include='*.gz' --include='*/' --exclude='*' \
> > /tmp jumper::files
> >
> > though this will also include directories that don't contain .gz files.
> > If you want to get rid of them you may have to experiment a bit more.
>
> yes, but part of what confuses me is the line in the man page that
> states:
>
> o --include "foo/" --include "foo/bar.c" --exclude "*"
> would include only foo/bar.c (the foo/ directory must
> be explicitly included or it would be excluded by the
> "*")
>
> this contradicts the behaviour and the statement you made.
It may look like a contradiction to you, but that would be because
you're making assumptions rather than reading it.
> also, the
> man page states:
>
> o --exclude "/foo/*/bar" would exclude any file called
> bar two levels below a base directory called foo
>
> which would support my assumption that the command:
>
> % rsync -avz --include='*/*.gz' --exclude='*' /tmp/ jumper::files
Suppose you have /tmp/a/b/c.gz. When rsync encounters the directory
/tmp/a, it finds that path does not match '*/*.gz' but it does match
'*'. Therefore, that directory is excluded and the files below it are
never examined. As the previous point says
> (the foo/ DIRECTORY must be explicitly included or it would
> be excluded by the "*")
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Martin Pool
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