I created a pretty complex exclude file recently and it took a lot of help
from the forum. But, I learned that using +/- in front of each line is very
helpful. The order is also very important. Try the following exclude files.
[start]
- phoenix/default/*/Cache/* (not sure how rsync handles dot files, try
removing the dot in front of pheonix)
- **.xvpics**
- *.swp
[end]
You should be able to simplify if there are no other /Cache/ dirs you want
to copy.
[start]
- /Cache/
- **.xvpics**
- *.swp
[end]
Also, try changing the order. I found in my exclude that when an exclude
entry was ignored it was due to the order and directories should come after
files.
[start]
**.xvpics**
*.swp
.phoenix/default/*/Cache/
[end]
You may need to combine some of the other suggestions in a trial and error
test. But try changing the order first!
Hope that helps,
Dave
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of Tobias Roth
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 5:52 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: possible bug with exclude/exclude-from
Hi
While trying to back up my homedir, i found what looks like a bug:
from /home, i do:
rsync -CWavP --delete --delete-excluded \
--exclude=.phoenix/default/*/Cache/ \
--exclude-from=rsync-excludes \
myusername/ targetserver:/backup/myusername/
rsync-excludes contains (without [] lines):
[start]
#comment
**.xvpics**
*.swp
[end]
This works as expected, the phoenix cache dir is excluded, xvpics and .swp
files as well. Now, if i try the the same except the .phoenix stuff moved
to the exclude file:
rsync -CWavP --delete --delete-excluded \
--exclude-from=rsync-excludes \
myusername/ targetserver:/backup/roth/
rsync-excludes now contains (again without []):
[start]
#comment
.phoenix/default/*/Cache/
**.xvpics**
*.swp
[end]
This way, the phoenix cache dir gets transfered. The other two excludes
still
work fine.
rsync version is: rsync version 2.6.2 protocol version 28
I can provide more details if needed.
greets, t.
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