Hi, I want to rsync all the directories and files that contain the date "2011.03.03". Everything else should not be copied. I did a lot of experiments and read web pages, but can't solve this conundrum.
kfir@goofy /tmp/rsync.test $ find . ./b ./a ./a/aaa ./a/aaa/2011.03.03 ./a/2011.03.04 ./a/2011.03.03 kfir@goofy /tmp/rsync.test $ rsync -avvn --include "*" --include "**2011.03.03**" --exclude "*" a/ b/ sending incremental file list [sender] showing directory aaa because of pattern * [sender] showing directory 2011.03.04 because of pattern * [sender] showing directory 2011.03.03 because of pattern * [sender] showing file aaa/2011.03.03 because of pattern * delta-transmission disabled for local transfer or --whole-file ./ 2011.03.03/ 2011.03.04/ aaa/ aaa/2011.03.03 total: matches=0 hash_hits=0 false_alarms=0 data=0 sent 135 bytes received 30 bytes 330.00 bytes/sec total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 (DRY RUN) kfir@goofy /tmp/rsync.test $ rsync -av --include "2011.03.03" a b -v sending incremental file list [sender] showing directory a/2011.03.03 because of pattern 2011.03.03 [sender] showing file a/aaa/2011.03.03 because of pattern 2011.03.03 delta-transmission disabled for local transfer or --whole-file a/ a/2011.03.03/ a/2011.03.04/ a/aaa/ a/aaa/2011.03.03 0 100% 0.00kB/s 0:00:00 (xfer#1, to-check=0/5) total: matches=0 hash_hits=0 false_alarms=0 data=0 sent 179 bytes received 47 bytes 452.00 bytes/sec total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 kfir@goofy /tmp/rsync.test $ rsync -avvn --include "*" --include "**2011.03.03**" --exclude "*" a b sending incremental file list [sender] showing directory a because of pattern * [sender] showing directory a/aaa because of pattern * [sender] showing directory a/2011.03.04 because of pattern * [sender] showing directory a/2011.03.03 because of pattern * [sender] showing file a/aaa/2011.03.03 because of pattern * delta-transmission disabled for local transfer or --whole-file a/aaa/2011.03.03 is uptodate total: matches=0 hash_hits=0 false_alarms=0 data=0 sent 143 bytes received 31 bytes 348.00 bytes/sec total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 (DRY RUN) kfir@goofy /tmp/rsync.test $ rsync -avvn --include "*/" --include "**2011.03.03**" --exclude "*" a b sending incremental file list [sender] showing directory a because of pattern */ [sender] showing directory a/aaa because of pattern */ [sender] showing directory a/2011.03.04 because of pattern */ [sender] showing directory a/2011.03.03 because of pattern */ [sender] showing file a/aaa/2011.03.03 because of pattern **2011.03.03** delta-transmission disabled for local transfer or --whole-file a/aaa/2011.03.03 is uptodate total: matches=0 hash_hits=0 false_alarms=0 data=0 sent 143 bytes received 31 bytes 348.00 bytes/sec total size is 0 speedup is 0.00 (DRY RUN) Hope it is solvable. Regards, Kfir
