Yes, doing explicit includes followed by exclude '*' is what people do. Because you exclude '*' and the rsync algorithm is recursive, you need to explicitly include all parent directories of the files you want to copy as well.
We have discussed making a --files-from option with which people can explicitly list only the files they want to copy, and I had promised to write it, but I haven't been able to find the time. - Dave Dykstra On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 02:43:12AM +0100, Paul Makepeace wrote: > I'd like to rsync a series of files at arbitrary points in a tree in one > connection and am struggling to figure out how to do this. rsync seems > AFAICS to have a fundamental src_file dst_file model, optionally with > recursion. > > The best I could come up with was recursing plus multiple --include with > a final --exclude "*". The idea is to avoid multiple calls to rsync and > thus TCP/session overhead costs. Is this reasonable? A better way? > (Sneaking feeling I'm missing something really obvious at 2am, despite > looking in the FAQ, man page, google and the wishlist...) > > Anyway, doesn't this scheme make the server work hard building a > file list at its end? > > ** > > In the course of playing with this I found something I can't explain. > On one server, this scheme seems to work fine but another says there's > nothing there. If I try to get the file directly it's reported there. In > other words, (missing final --exclude "*" for clarity) > > rsync -a rsync://server/module --include path/file # "nothing to do" > rsync -a rsync://server/module/path/file # shows file & path info > > Here's a transcript to demonstrate this: (yes, I'm playing with apt-get > update speed-ups but perhaps ignore that for now :-) > Using: rsync version 2.5.6cvs protocol version 26 > > 1. non-us seems to work fine: > > $ rsync -Rzav --progress >rsync://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/dists/testing/non-US/main/binary-i386/Packages > receiving file list ... > 6 files to consider > drwxrwsr-x 4096 2002/07/12 01:26:18 dists > lrwxrwxrwx 3 2001/02/07 13:59:15 dists/testing -> woody > drwxrwsr-x 4096 2002/07/12 19:53:44 dists/testing/non-US > drwxrwsr-x 4096 2001/01/17 23:52:49 dists/testing/non-US/main > drwxrwsr-x 4096 2002/07/12 19:52:41 dists/testing/non-US/main/binary-i386 > -rw-rw-r-- 127844 2002/07/11 19:52:45 >dists/testing/non-US/main/binary-i386/Packages > wrote 133 bytes read 200 bytes 666.00 bytes/sec > total size is 127847 speedup is 383.92 > > 2. security ditto: > > $ rsync -Rzav --progress >rsync://security.debian.org/debian-security/dists/testing/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages > receiving file list ... > 6 files to consider > drwxrwsr-x 4096 2002/05/01 13:14:24 dists > lrwxrwxrwx 5 2002/05/10 02:50:17 dists/testing -> woody > drwxrwsr-x 4096 2002/07/12 21:40:06 dists/testing/updates > drwxrwsr-x 4096 2002/05/01 13:14:13 dists/testing/updates/main > drwxrwsr-x 4096 2002/07/12 21:40:00 dists/testing/updates/main/binary-i386 > -rw-rw-r-- 88472 2002/07/12 21:22:39 >dists/testing/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages > wrote 137 bytes read 199 bytes 224.00 bytes/sec > total size is 88477 speedup is 263.32 > > 3. back to non-us using the --include path/file --exclude "*" hack. > All's well: > > $ rsync -Rzav --progress rsync://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/ --include >dists/testing/non-US/main/binary-i386/Packages --exclude "*" > receiving file list ... > 1 file to consider > -rw-rw-r-- 127844 2002/07/11 19:52:45 >dists/testing/non-US/main/binary-i386/Packages > wrote 144 bytes read 118 bytes 524.00 bytes/sec > total size is 127844 speedup is 487.95 > asterix:/home/paulm# > > 4. this fails on security however: > > $ rsync -Rzav --progress rsync://security.debian.org/debian-security/ --include >dists/testing/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages --exclude "*" > receiving file list ... > 0 files to consider > client: nothing to do: perhaps you need to specify some filenames or the --recursive >option? > > Case 4 seems to apply for http.us.debian.org too. I've only seen non-us > work. > > Cheers, > Paul > > -- > Paul Makepeace ....................................... http://paulm.com/ > > "If I thought it would help, then you can place a hammer in a cake." > -- http://paulm.com/toys/surrealism/ > > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
