Is it possible to to exclude #file

2015-04-12 Thread Harry Putnam
Can anyone tell me how to exclude a file that begins or ends with an octothorp (`#')? Something like #file or file# But not fi#le I've tried these in an exclude file: #* *# \#* *\# All seem to just be ignored -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To

Re: Finding specific files/directories from a remote rsync server.

2015-04-12 Thread Wayne Davison
On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Hongyi Zhao hongyi.z...@gmail.com wrote: Say, if I want to find all of the `foo/file' on this rsync server You'd use filter (include/exclude) rules. See in the man page about its notes on how rsync requires you to include all directories in order to traverse

Re: rsync --link-dest won't link even if existing file is out of date

2015-04-12 Thread Wayne Davison
On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 10:51 PM, Ken Chase rsync-list-m...@sizone.org wrote: Feature request: allow --link-dest dir to be linked to even if file exists in target. From the release notes for 3.1.0: - Improved the use of alt-dest options into an existing hierarchy of files: If a match

Re: Is it possible to to exclude #file

2015-04-12 Thread Kevin Korb
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - - #filename On 04/12/2015 05:06 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: Can anyone tell me how to exclude a file that begins or ends with an octothorp (`#')? Something like #file or file# But not fi#le I've tried these in an exclude file: #* *# \#*