Re: [solved] Re: rsync issue
Rodolfo Medina rodolfo.med...@gmail.com writes: In rsync manual I coudn't find a solution to what I want. I wish to copy all my home directory into another machine with the --delete option, but: 1) I dont't want hidden files, i.e.: `.*' to be copied; 2) on the other hand, there are some symlinks, beginning with `.', that I want to be copied. The --exclude option won't help. From my home directory, if I do: $ rsync -vrtul --delete * 192.168.0.2:/home/rodolfo , hidden files that are in `~/' are not copied at all nor the --delete option applies to files that are in `~/', so it's not good; from /home, if I do: $ rsync -vrtul --delete rodolfo 192.168.0.2:/home , everything is copied, also system hidden directories and files, which I don't want. I mean, I want hidden files to be copied, except than those in `~/': of those, i.e. of the hidden files in `~/', I just want the symlinks to be copied. I think it's better to create the symlinks by hand, as they can be different when going from a system to another. Then the following is good for me: $ cd $ rsync -vrtul --delete --exclude='.*' . 192.168.0.2:/home/rodolfo The main issue here is that I had to replace `*' with `.' as the list of files to be transferred. Thanks for anyone's help. Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87pqwa16no@gmail.com
[solved] Re: rsync issue
Rodolfo Medina rodolfo.med...@gmail.com writes: In rsync manual I coudn't find a solution to what I want. I wish to copy all my home directory into another machine with the --delete option, but: 1) I dont't want hidden files, i.e.: `.*' to be copied; 2) on the other hand, there are some symlinks, beginning with `.', that I want to be copied. The --exclude option won't help. From my home directory, if I do: $ rsync -vrtul --delete * 192.168.0.2:/home/rodolfo , hidden files that are in `~/' are not copied at all nor the --delete option applies to files that are in `~/', so it's not good; from /home, if I do: $ rsync -vrtul --delete rodolfo 192.168.0.2:/home , everything is copied, also system hidden directories and files, which I don't want. I mean, I want hidden files to be copied, except than those in `~/': of those, i.e. of the hidden files in `~/', I just want the symlinks to be copied. Thanks to Rob and Karl for their help. The following seems to work: $ rsync -vrtul --delete --exclude='rodolfo/.*' rodolfo 192.168.0.2:/home , and I'll create the symlinks by hand. Maybe there's a better solution: I wish the `delete' option worked also for files and not only for directories, but in rsync manual couldn't find that. Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87hbhoo6wx@gmail.com
Re: [solved] Re: rsync issue
Hi, Rodolfo: On Friday 17 September 2010 15:07:10 Rodolfo Medina wrote: Rodolfo Medina rodolfo.med...@gmail.com writes: In rsync manual I coudn't find a solution to what I want. I wish to copy all my home directory into another machine with the --delete option, but: 1) I dont't want hidden files, i.e.: `.*' to be copied; 2) on the other hand, there are some symlinks, beginning with `.', that I want to be copied. [...] Thanks to Rob and Karl for their help. The following seems to work: $ rsync -vrtul --delete --exclude='rodolfo/.*' rodolfo 192.168.0.2:/home , and I'll create the symlinks by hand. Maybe there's a better solution: I wish the `delete' option worked also for files and not only for directories, but in rsync manual couldn't find that. Recheck. --delete certainly works on files. Your problem is you can't rely on object names in order to know what has to be copied or not, since the name of both the hidden files and the symlinks check against the same pattern. Since you have a pattern problem, you may build a component list and then apply it as a filter (see the filters section from rsync's man page). Since you want to copy everything but top level hidden files I'd try something like this two-step procedure (next command is a single line): 1) find /path/to/rodolfo -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '.*' -fprint /path/to/filterfile Then within /path/to/filterfile there should be the list of hidden files you want to ignore. 2) After that, the rsync step should do the trick, kindof (next command is a single line) : rsync -a --exclude-from=/path/to/filterfile /path/to/rodolfo/ remoteu...@remotehost:/path/to/rodolfo I didn't test the above commands so there might be minor flaws you should check but I think you get the idea. Cheers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201009180503.54771.jesus.nava...@undominio.net
