Patch to clearify the usage of shell patterns and rsync exclude/include patterns

2014-06-10 Thread Karl-Philipp Richter
Hi together, I'd like to propose the attached patch for the man page clarifying the difference between shell patterns and rsync patterns as it is not clear in at least of the examples (the user might think that `rsync remote.host:*.c /local/target/` is possible. A HACKING file has been added to

CYGWIN Rsync exclude/include problem

2003-03-21 Thread Mike Lavender
I'm having troubles with getting rsync 2.5.5 (CYGWIN version) to include/exclude files they way I expect it to. I have mulled over the list postings and man pages regarding this and I am either missing something or ... well I don' know. I have a drive with 12 folders in the root however, I only

Re: CYGWIN Rsync exclude/include problem

2003-03-21 Thread Dalton Harvie
Newbie response: How about: rsync -avvvzl --stats --delete --delete-excluded --exclude-from=c:\rsync\includes.txt /cygdrive/c/* [EMAIL PROTECTED]::LaptopBackup as I've had problems with the --delete flag without using the * before (see down the list a bit, can't delete older file/directory

Re: CYGWIN Rsync exclude/include problem

2003-03-21 Thread Max Bowsher
Mike Lavender wrote: I'm having troubles with getting rsync 2.5.5 (CYGWIN version) to include/exclude files they way I expect it to. I have mulled over the list postings and man pages regarding this and I am either missing something or ... well I don' know. I have a drive with 12 folders in

Re: CYGWIN Rsync exclude/include problem

2003-03-21 Thread Max Bowsher
Dalton Harvie wrote: Newbie response: How about: rsync -avvvzl --stats --delete --delete-excluded --exclude-from=c:\rsync\includes.txt /cygdrive/c/* [EMAIL PROTECTED]::LaptopBackup as I've had problems with the --delete flag without using the * before NOT advisable. Adding * is

Re: CYGWIN Rsync exclude/include problem

2003-03-21 Thread Wayne Davison
On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 12:22:15PM -0500, Mike Lavender wrote: + /Databases/#Include /Databases subfolders Do you realize that this is specifying a file whose name starts with 4 spaces and contains a '#' character in it? If you want to put comments into your include/exclude file, they must

Re: CYGWIN Rsync exclude/include problem

2003-03-21 Thread jw schultz
On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 12:22:15PM -0500, Mike Lavender wrote: Command Line: rsync -avvvzl --stats --delete --delete-excluded --exclude-from=c:\rsync\includes.txt /cygdrive/c/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]::LaptopBackup First, get rid of the backslashes. Second, drop verbosity to just -vv (not -vvv).

RE: CYGWIN Rsync exclude/include problem

2003-03-21 Thread Mike Lavender
question. What is the actual WINDOWS character code for a *nix line feed. eg. chr(13)???. Thanks again. Mike Lavender -Original Message- From: Mike Lavender Sent: March 21, 2003 12:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CYGWIN Rsync exclude/include problem I'm having troubles

Re: rsync exclude/include [FIDUCIA virengepr?ft - ohne Gew?hr, da? allebekannten Viren und deren Varianten erkannt wurden.]

2001-11-13 Thread Thomas Schweikle
Tomasz Ciolek [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13.11.2001 06:29:35 An: Thomas Schweikle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kopie: Thema:Re: rsync exclude/include [FIDUCIA virengepr?ft - ohne Gew?hr, da? alle bekannten Viren und deren Varianten erkannt wurden.] so perhaps dropping the leading slash after

Re: rsync exclude/include [FIDUCIA virengeprüft - ohne Gewähr, daß alle bekannten Viren und deren Varianten erkannt wurden.]

2001-11-13 Thread Dave Dykstra
On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 01:44:45AM +0100, Thomas Schweikle wrote: Hi again! Tomasz Ciolek [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13.11.2001 01:21:27 An: Thomas Schweikle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kopie: Thema:Re: rsync exclude/include [FIDUCIA virengeprüft - ohne Gewähr, daß alle bekannten

Re: rsync exclude/include

2001-11-13 Thread Dave Dykstra
On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 10:00:59AM -0600, Dave Dykstra wrote: ... A simplification is this: + /iso + /iso/1.5.* + /iso/1.5.*/i386* - * because if you don't have the slash preceding the exclude * it applies at all levels. Wait, if i386* matches directories and not just

Re: rsync exclude/include

2001-11-13 Thread Wayne Davison
On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Thomas Schweikle wrote: I am calling rsync using rsync -avz --include-from=include --exclude-from=exclude ftp3.sourceforge.net::/netbsd/iso iso/ Looks like you didn't copy that command exactly, because rsync would fail with a syntax error due to the '/' before the

Re: rsync exclude/include [FIDUCIAvirengeprüft - ohne Gewähr, daß alle bekanntenViren und deren Varianten erkannt wurden.]

2001-11-12 Thread Thomas Schweikle
Hi again! Tomasz Ciolek [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13.11.2001 01:21:27 An: Thomas Schweikle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kopie: Thema:Re: rsync exclude/include [FIDUCIA virengeprüft - ohne Gewähr, daß alle bekannten Viren und deren Varianten erkannt wurden.] Try dumoping the whole file list

Re: rsync exclude/include [FIDUCIA virengepr?ft - ohne Gew?hr, da? allebekannten Viren und deren Varianten erkannt wurden.]

2001-11-12 Thread Thomas Schweikle
Tomasz Ciolek [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 13.11.2001 01:51:25 An: Thomas Schweikle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kopie:Tomasz Ciolek tmc Thema:Re: rsync exclude/include [FIDUCIA virengepr?ft - ohne Gew?hr, da? alle bekannten Viren und deren Varianten erkannt wurden.] Umm loose the spaces