On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 11:04:12PM +0100, Otto Wyss wrote:
> I want to mirror any i386 packages from a debian package mirror with the
> following command
>
> rsync -avvP --include-from="file"
> ftp.at.debian.org::debian-ftp/debian-non-US/pool/non-US/main
>/mirror/debian/non-US/main
>
> while "file" contains
>
> +"_all"
> +"_i386"
> -"*"
> +"*/"
>
> But the -"*" does not work, all files were mirrored! What's wrong?
It must have to do with your quoting. Those should probably be
+ /_all**
+ /_i386**
- *
The order is significant. That + */ you had there would have no effect
because the - * would have taken precedence. You also need a slash at the
end of your source directory or all the paths will be prefixed by "main".
- Dave Dykstra
